COCOA POST

Ghana's capital Accra is playing host to Fairtrade Africa's two-day West Africa Regional Fairtrade Convention from 13th to 14th June 2021. The 2021 edition of the biennial event is on the theme “Building Producer Resilience through trade”…
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According to Eurococoa.com: "Cocoa trees grow exclusively in areas that meet certain specific conditions. The cocoa belt is an area of land around the equator between 20 degrees latitude north and south. Most cocoa even grows within 10…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reported promising results from its pilot cocoa farm irrigation project launched two years. Data from the COCOBOD indicate that farmers who signed on to the pilot phase of the irrigation programme in the…
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Barry Callebaut has disclosed plans to open its third chocolate factory in Russia's Kaliningrad region to firm up its presence in the world’s third-largest chocolate confectionery market. The factory located in the special economic zone of…
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On the occasion of its silver jubilee, global chocolate manufacturing giant Barry Callebaut has affirmed the commitment to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025, and reiterated its resolve to protect cocoa products and chocolate for…
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Ghana has been growing cocoa for almost a century and a half and was once the world's leading supplier of the key chocolate ingredient until losing that spot in 1977. The West African nation boasts of a rich heritage in cocoa production.…
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), eighty percent of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia is managed by smallholder farmers, who are estimated to produce a third of the world's food supply. Research also shows…
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Ghana’s main upgrading strategy in the cocoa sector has been to maintain quality while struggling with cocoa processing and manufacturing of chocolate. Previous governments of Ghana have attempted to process cocoa into various products,…
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Cocoa farmers and residents of Akyekyere in the Amenfi Central District of Western Region of Ghana have commended the Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) for assisting them with a mechanized borehole and a new water storage tank. As part of…
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Pro-climate Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have teamed up with Microsoft and Rabobank to implement a series of pilot projects offering financial incentives for farmers adopting climate-smart practices and switching their farms to…
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