COCOA POST

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is set to create a new coffee division to intensify support for the sub-sector through research, extension support and regulation of marketing and processing activities. The move is part of a broader plan…
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ecom Ghana, Mr Rahul Gopinath has been adjudged Cocoa Personality of the Year, at the 2020 Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra on Saturday. Mr Gopinath who also won the CEO of the Year, beat stiff competition…
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has revealed its key annual partnership meeting is set to place the future sustainability of its industry at the heart of the two-day event, reports Neill Barston. Staged online between 18-19 November,…
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Nana Kwabena Ponkoh II from Atatoase in the Obuasi District of the Ashanti Region has emerged as the 2020 National Best Cocoa Farmer. The 65-year-old farmer was presented with the prestigious award at the grand durbar for the 36th…
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The World Cocoa Foundation is scheduled to receive the COVID Hero special award at the 2020 edition of the Ghana Cocoa Awards slated for November 14 at the plush Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City, Accra. The organisation through a…
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South China's island province of Hainan has exported cocoa beans to Belgium for the first time, according to the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS). The first batch of 500 kg of cocoa beans, worth 3,044 euros (about…
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Accra Ghana (26 October 2020) – From a total of 155 entries received for the 2020 edition of the annual Ghana Cocoa Awards, 82 nominees have been shortlisted for the 2nd Networking and Awards Gala Night on 14th November 2020 at the…
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Precision in the database of all cocoa farmers and cocoa transactions may see a big change in Ghana, where unreliable data and uncertainties about cocoa yield, robberies associated with cash transaction and the lack of operator transparency…
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A former Member of the Council of State and Presidential Adviser, Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, King of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area (Assin Kushea) is confirmed to chair the second edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards, an industry networking…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board, armed with the first tranche of a US$600 million medium-term loan secured from a consortium of international lenders led by the African Development Bank, has begun the first step towards a fundamental restructuring of…
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