Enriching the Significance of Living Income
For several years, there is an active international community of scholars and activists promoting a benchmark for paying a decent ‘living income’ to smallholder farmers and workers in developing countries.
While agreement has been…
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Companies Fail to Pay Prices that Assure Farmers of Living Income
A new report by VOICE has pointed to harmful business behaviour as the root cause of persistent social and environmental problems within the cocoa industry and proposes radical reforms to buying practices.
This is the conclusion…
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Cocobod Secures $800M Loan for 2023/24 Cocoa Crop
Ghana's cocoa regulator, Cocobod, has signed an $800 million syndicated loan with banks and expects to draw down the first $600 million as soon as this week, its deputy chief executive officer said on Tuesday.
Ghana, the world's…
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Cocoa Partners Renew Commitment to Child Labour Fight
Civil society, non-governmental organisations, and government institutions mandated to seek the welfare of cocoa farmers in the country have renewed their commitment to fighting against activities linked to child labour within the value…
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COCOBOD Rewards 2023 Best Cocoa Farmers
The management of Ghana Cocoa Board has presented various award packages to the deserving winners of the 2023 national cocoa farmers awards during a ceremony at Cocoa House in Accra.
The packages, which include vehicles and cash amounts,…
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Delay in Seed Fund Payment Collapsing Indigenous LBCs
The Council Chairman of the Cocoa Abrabopa Association, Ismail Pomasi, has decried the Ghana Cocoa Board's continued delay in the release of the Seed Fund to licenced buying companies (LBCs) for the purchase of cocoa beans.
He has…
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Favourable Prices Spark Cocoa Pod Theft In Nigeria
There is drama in West Africa as cocoa pods have become the target of thieves eager to cash in on the historic hike in the commodity's price.
From thieves stealing pods to traders rigging scales — high drama is unfolding in Nigeria and…
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Africa Bags 13 Nominations for 2023 Cacao of Excellence Awards
Seven cocoa-origin African countries have together secured 13 nominations among the 50 finalists shortlisted for the 2023 Cacao of Excellence Awards.
They are Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Cote…
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Cocoa Mmaa Cooperative and Communities Progress with HRDD Implementation
Rainforest Alliance, in partnership with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and Solidaridad Ghana with funding from NORAD, is helping farmer cooperatives implement a human rights due diligence system that commits its leadership and…
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Cocoa OPEC Now Set to Admit New Members
The Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) has adopted new guidelines signalling its readiness to admit new members to the organisation initiated to advance the interests of cocoa farmers.
The Board of CIGCI, made up of the world's…
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