Ivory Coast Farmers Welcome 50% Raise in Farmgate Price
The Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD), an umbrella group for cocoa cooperatives and civil society organisations, has welcomed the 50% increment in the cocoa farmgate price.
The Ivorian government and the regulator Conseil…
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Fairtrade Africa, Partners Launch Ghana Agroforestry for Impact (GAIM) Project
The Ghana Agroforestry for Impact (GAIM) project has been launched in Goaso, Ahafo Region, to help improve the livelihoods and climate resilience of cocoa farmers.
The 3-year project (2024-2026) is being implemented by Fairtrade Africa…
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Ivory Coast Farmers to Gain 50% Hike in Cocoa Farmgate Price
Ivory Coast is set to announce an increment in the cocoa farmgate price by 50%, raising it from 1000 to 1500 CFA francs ($2.47) per kilogramme.
President Alassane Ouattara is programmed to make the official announcement on Tuesday, April 2,…
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FEDCO wades into Cashew, Rice Business as Cocoa Crisis Linger
A leading Ghanaian cocoa buyer, Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO), is diversifying into Ghana's emerging cashew and rice sectors, prodded by the lingering cocoa crisis.
Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has seen an…
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Cocoa Surges Past $9200, ICCO Raises Alarm on Price Rally
In a startling turn of events for the global cocoa market, cocoa prices have soared past the $9200 mark for the first time in history, triggering concerns among industry experts.
The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) quoted a tonne…
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African Cocoa Marketplace to ensure Africa wins from Cocoa Trade
African Cocoa Marketplace, Inc. (ACM), a new ethical cocoa trade company, has been launched to offer marketing and qualitative assurance solutions for African cocoa products and services.
A press release copied to Cocoa Post said ACM puts…
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Chocolate Scorecard: Farmer Poverty Lingers Amid Chocolate Industry Profit Boom
The 2024 edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has revealed that cocoa farmer poverty remains largely unaddressed while chocolate companies continue to rake in billions in profits.
While briefing the media in Accra on the report of this…
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RESCONI Campaigns for Innovative Solutions in Forest Protection
Cocoa farmers in the Atwima Mponua District are being urged to embrace climate-smart farming practices as a means to enhance cocoa production in the region.
A Community Liaison Officer for the Resource Conservation Initiative (RESCONI),…
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ICI and Partners Launch Joint Initiative to Tackle Child Labour
The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the Government of Ghana, and other global partners have launched a ground-breaking initiative to eliminate child labour in African supply chains.
The intervention, dubbed "Accelerating Together…
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More African Processors Shutdown As Cocoa Shortage Deepens
Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar.
Chocolate-makers have…
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