COCOA POST

A new cocoa foliar fertilizer, Kelik Potassium has been launched to help farmers in the cocoa sector to increase the weight, volume and quality of cocoa beans for export in Ghana. The product, Kelik Potassium has a high source of Potassium…
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Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is billed to receive a national recognition in Ivory Coast on 1st October 2020. President Alassane Dramane Ouattara will be bestowing the honour on the COCOBOD…
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Cocoa Butter: The Fat Parametre You might have heard of the name cocoa butter pomade, chocolate bars, chocolate cake, and chocolate chip ice cream and might not have consciously realized that it is actually coming from cocoa. Of course,…
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In 2010, the chocolate industry set a 10-year goal of reducing the worst forms of child labor in cocoa farming by 70%. As the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor report on child labor in West Africa will make clear, this target will not be…
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The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced the new cocoa producer price for the 2020/21 season as GHS10,560 per tonne translating to GHS660 per bag. “Nananom, beginning 1st October 2020, I am happy to announce the…
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The Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has commended the Ghana Cocoa Board for its bold initiative of implementing the $400 Living Income Differential (LID) aimed at improving farmers' standard of living. In a press release…
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The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is set to announce the new cocoa producer price for the 2020/21 season on Thursday 24th September 2020. The producer price is the price at which the country's cocoa sector regulator -…
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Over 30 award categories are up for grabs as nominations open till 16th October 2020 for the 2nd Ghana Cocoa Awards, an industry scheme that recognises and celebrates excellence. Ghana Cocoa Awards was instituted to shine the limelight…
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A Ghanaian agricultural engineer, Kingsley Ankukumah, has developed a manual pruner to encourage routine cocoa farm pruning for higher yield. According to him, the tool a pruner cum harvester is designed to end the drudgery farmers endure…
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