COCOA POST

Global cocoa and chocolate companies are donating $40,000 US to UNICEF to help cocoa farmers and their families in Cameroon fight the coronavirus by supporting the national emergency plan of the government. Coming on top of numerous…
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Swiss chocolate giant Lindt & Spungli is set to open its chocolate museum and experiential facility at its factory site at Schokoladenplatz 1 in Kilchberg, Switzerland. Effective next month guests from all over the world will be able…
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) reported a total purchase of 742,725 tonnes for the 2019/2020 cocoa season as at June 4, 2020, new data from the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has revealed. This reflects…
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Scores of cocoa-growing communities in the Sefwi Akontombra District of the Western North region of Ghana are in dire need of basic life necessities, most especially potable water supply. Communities like Krobomanhyia, Akwasiaha, Aboduam,…
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Cocoa farmers have appealed to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, to increase the producer price of cocoa beans in the coming 2020/2021 season by a significant margin. According to the farmers, cost of production has…
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For years now, the value of cocoa farmers' income keeps decreasing, whereas the cost of production and living has kept increasing. Cocoa farmers, who ignited an industry worth over £131bn, are unable to afford the quality of life enjoyed…
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Parliament has approved US$1.3 billion loan facility from a consortium of banks and financial institutions to finance the purchase of cocoa for the 2020/21 crop season by the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). The loan would be used to purchase…
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Ghana expects cocoa output of around 900,000 tonnes in the 2020/2021 season, up 5.8% from the forecast for 2019/2020, this is according to the country’s Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through a parliamentary report published on Wednesday. The…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has rolled out a cocoa rehabilitation programme of cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease in the Western North Cocoa Region. As part of the cocoa rehabilitation programme, COCOBOD has directed all…
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