COCOA POST

In 1585 Europe received the first official shipment of cocoa beans at the Spanish port of Seville from Mexico, launching the international cocoa trade. Cocoa also referred to as Theobroma cacao (food of the gods) was consumed largely in…
Read More...

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has appointed Martin Short as its new President, replacing Richard Scobey who left on May 1, 2021. Short is expected to lead efforts by cocoa and chocolate companies to make the cocoa supply chain…
Read More...

The immediate past District Chief Executive (DCE) for Adansi South in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Benjamin Anhwere, has endorsed the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme being implemented by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). The former DCE, who is also…
Read More...

No less than three layers will have to be peeled off to get to the core of work of children in the West African cocoa sector. Terminology can harm, confuse, mislead and can destroy markets. That is why a fair representation of the labour…
Read More...

The Auditor General’s (AG) 2020 report on the public accounts of Ghana has disclosed that allocations totalling GHS7.3 million (US$1.5 million) for the Cocoa Farmers Wards Scholarship Trust Fund have been misapplied. According to the AG’s…
Read More...

Pilot registration under the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme for a cross-section of Ghanaian cocoa growers has taken off in the Ashanti Region. Some 2,800 volunteer farmers from the New Edubiase District are expected to be captured within the…
Read More...

The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) wants the country to replicate the success of its quality standards for cocoa in the shea sector to multiply gains. Acting Director-General of CRIG, Dr. Francis Padi, has thus called for the…
Read More...

I am sure that most stakeholders in the Cocoa sector have heard about the fake “Lab-Grown Chocolate” project under trial in Switzerland. This innovation which is being trialled as a possible solution to the “sustainability issues” raised…
Read More...

Kenya is the leading exporter of black tea in the world. The East African nation earned about US$1.1 billion from exports in 2019, and an additional 200 million dollars from domestic sales. Kenya, which has been growing tea since the…
Read More...

Ghana Cocoa Board has issued a rejoinder to the Auditor-General's report on expired chemicals and fertilizer with the assurance that prudent measures have been adopted to prevent a recurrence. The Auditor-General (AG) in its 2020 report…
Read More...