COCOA POST

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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The World Cocoa Farmers Organization has called on COCOBOD to fast track the cocoa farmer pension scheme policy to ensure aged farmers in the country live a decent life. While commending COCOBOD and government for the recent increment of…
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JoyNews investigations have uncovered how some Licensed Buying Companies and farmer society groups illegally rent their certification licenses to businessmen to enable them to export regular cocoa as certified ones. It came to the fore…
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The Netherlands-based Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) recently completed a study “Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire” to answer some basic questions around the household demographics of cocoa farmers, food…
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The European Commission has undertaken a key initiative aimed at delivering tangible improvements to sustainability policies within the cocoa sector, reports Neill Barston. Among the core measures being put forward is a new…
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GCB Bank Limited, Ghana’s largest and first indigenous bank has partnered Eliho Ghana Ltd. to facilitate the transfer and receipt of funds in the cocoa farming and purchasing ecosystem, using the G-Money platform. The G-Money - Eliho…
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This past week has seen the key start of the latest cocoa season within West Africa, which sees the introduction of the Living Income Differential put forward by the governments of the Ivory Coast and Ghana to support farmers wages. In a…
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Life has returned to villages, hamlets and communities which were hitherto abandoned by migrant cocoa farmers due to the outbreak and ravaging effects of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) in Ghana's Western North Region.…
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