COCOA POST

China's cocoa beans produced from the island province of Hainan has been selected among the 50 best entries in Bioversity International's 2021 Cocoa of Excellence competition. The finalist entries will go on to compete for honours in this…
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Cocoa of Excellence (CoEx) has announced the 50 finalists shortlisted for the 2021 International Cocoa Awards, where Ghana has repeated its 2019 feat with three spots. Entries by Seth Yirenkyi and Charlse Oppong, both from Suhum in the…
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Ghana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season. Sources say the world's no.2 top producer has recorded one million and thirty thousand tonnes (1,030,000MT) with 10 weeks to…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has made the case for Switzerland to consider deepening its economic relations with Ghana by partnering with the country to establish more cocoa processing plants. Increasing local processing of cocoa beans is…
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Scientists at a Swiss technology institute Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have become the first to have successfully developed lab-grown chocolate. The team made up of biotechnologists and food technologists was led by…
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Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA), Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG, Fuchs & Hoffmann and Ascot Amsterdam are collaborating on setting up an economically viable and resilient cocoa production system that will improve the lives of cocoa…
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Cocoa buying and processing company, Cargill, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Cargill Schools Project at Adjeikojo, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Project which is being executed in partnership with CARE…
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Ghana's cocoa regulator COCOBOD is partnering with the country's Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to undertake research to back some anecdotal nutritional and health properties of cocoa. The work is said to focus on specific components…
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Ivory Coast wrestled the world's top producer of cocoa position from West African neighbour, Ghana, in 1978 and has since not looked back. For 4years and counting the country's annual cocoa crop output has surpassed the 2million metric…
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Educational institutions periodically upgrade their curriculum and pedagogy to meet the new standards of education. However, classroom ergonomics, i.e. seating arrangement, desks, and chairs in the classroom, which are one of the most…
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