US Supreme Court Throws Out Child Slavery Suit Against Nestle, Cargill
The US Supreme Court has made a ruling absolving food giants Nestle and Cargill of any wrongdoing in a child slavery suit brought against them by six men from Mali.
The apex court's decision effectively reverses a lower-court ruling that…
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African Farmers To Discuss Trade Conditions At 7th Fairtrade Convention
The Programmes Director of Fairtrade Africa, Chris Oluoch, has disclosed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adversely on farmers in Africa, with many losing up to 80 percent of their revenue.
Aside from the revenue losses occasioned…
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Ghana Journalists Want Reforms In Fertilizer Subsidy Scheme
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has petitioned the sector minister to urgently reform the country's fertilizer subsidy programme over allegations of poor management and corruption.
The…
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Solidaridad And EU Partner to Enhance Liberia Cocoa Value Chain
Solidaridad West Africa and the European Union Delegation in Liberia have teamed up on a new initiative to increase incomes and improve livelihoods in the Liberia cocoa value chain.
The intervention dubbed the Cocoa Value Chain…
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Why COCOBOD Must Link Increased Local Value Addition Strategy To Farmers’ Livelihoods
On the 27th of May 2021, Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPC), organised the GIPC Cocoa Value Chain Investment Meeting with key stakeholders in the sector.
As a cocoa farmer’s son with a keen personal and professional interest in…
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Cocopeat Technology Replaces Dependence On Topsoil
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has described cocopeat technology as the best alternative to the dependence on topsoil for raising cocoa seedlings.
Prior to adopting the technology at its nursery sites, the organisation relied on topsoil, a…
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Ivory Coast Cocoa Waste Electricity Project Will Serve 1.7Million People
About 1.7 million people in Ivory Coast will be connected to the municipal electricity grid by 2023 when the construction of a cocoa-powered renewable energy plant is completed.
The project in the cocoa-growing town of Divo is being…
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Green Ghana Project: COCOBOD To Plant 1.6Million Shade Trees
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planting over 1.6 million forest trees in the 2020/2021 cocoa crop year on cocoa farms across the country and also as part of its National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme.
COCOBOD is embarking on a…
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World Food Safety Day – Barry Callebaut Engages Farmers On Best Practices
In line with activities marking this year’s World Food Safety Day, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, Barry Callebaut Ghana has taken the message of food safety to some key cocoa-growing…
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CSOs Decry Destruction Of Cocoa Farms And Water Sources
Civil society activists operating within Ghana's cocoa sector have blown the alarm on the continuous destruction of cocoa farmlands and water sources by illegal gold miners.
New investigative video footage on the state of water sources…
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