COCOA POST

I am sure when we heard of China’s first export of 500 Kilograms of cocoa beans to Belgium we cringed asking ourselves, can China produce cocoa beans? Well, for me, I have rather wondered exactly what pride there is in being acclaimed as…
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The 5-year Next Generation Cocoa Youth Programme (MASO) to create employment opportunities for young people mostly in cocoa-farming communities in Ghana has officially come to an end. The programme, also known as MASO, was funded by the…
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The Emirati city of Dubai has achieved global acclaim as one of the world's most popular holiday and tourism destinations. But what Dubai is not known for is a reputation as an international trade centre for cocoa. I bet you would not have…
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The Rainforest Alliance (RA), an international non-profit organization, has announced Santiago Gowland as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Gowland joins RA from The Nature Conservancy, where he served as Executive Vice President…
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167 farmers in the Abakoase Society of Fanteakwa Union in the Eastern Region of Ghana have received Fairtrade’s Living Income Reference Price Differential for the 2020/2021 cocoa season at a ceremony organised by the leadership of the…
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- Cocoa Abrabopa Association receives help to set up a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System - Chocolate companies - Mars Wrigley, Sucden, ASCOT Amsterdam are funding the project - International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) providing…
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The ambience of chitchats fills an Accra hotel seminar hall as attendees exchange pleasantries while networking. Others make their way out for the cocoa break. It's the end of the opening session of the COCOBOD AfCFTA Committee's meeting…
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Officials of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Côte d'Ivoire's Conseil Cafe Cacao (CCC) are locked in a crunch meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, over the implementation of the Living Income Differential (LID) for their cocoa farmers.…
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Contrary to the belief that China and Australia’s entry into cocoa production possesses a threat to West African growers, farmers in Africa’s biggest economy are optimistic that the break-in by both countries will be beneficial to them.…
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So, on the 6th of July 2020 and on the 29th of March 2021, I published an article titled “Is Fairtrade Fair to Cocoa Farmers?” in The Cocoa Post, Ghana Talks Business and Business and Financial Times. Fairtrade Africa did the dutiful,…
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