COCOA POST

The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has sounded a warning to Ghana, urging swift action to address significant “structural issues” within its cocoa sector. The organisation highlights the potential for a cascade of problems amid a…
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Ghana's cocoa output for the 2023/24 season is expected to be almost 40% below a target of 820,000 metric tons, two sources from the country's sector regulator, COCOBOD told Reuters. Strong seasonal winds and a lack of rain are among the…
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Tracer, a free mobile application by Plant-for-the-Planet, has been launched to help smallholders meet EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance requirements for accessing the European market. The law, which enters into force in less…
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Ghana's Cocobod will use part of a $200 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate plantations destroyed by the cocoa swollen shoot virus, which causes drops in yields and kills trees, the regulator's deputy Chief Executive in charge of…
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The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) of Ivory Coast has helped the national police to seize three trucks loaded with 1,500 bags of cocoa beans on the border with Guinea, the regulator's managing director said on Friday. Low farmgate prices…
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Cocoa production in Ghana has been falling off the cliff since posting a record 1.047 million metric tonnes (MT) at the close of the 2020/21 season. The country, currently the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, has seen its crop output…
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Dear chocolate lovers, Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you spend this day with the people you love, enjoying delicious chocolates in between. My name is Leticia Yankey, a cocoa farmer from Ghana. I am writing this letter in Amsterdam,…
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A recently leaked official letter from the Ghana Cocoa Board, granting a request from the Afrotropic Cocoa Processing Company Limited to import cocoa beans into the country for processing, has led to some anxiety among stakeholders in the…
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A Ghanaian cocoa farmer, Issifu Issaka, has challenged chocolate companies to stop hiding under the demand and supply chorus and pay fair prices that assure cocoa farmers a living income. Issaka decried the continuous lip service and…
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Cocoa futures extended their surge to a record in New York as a shortfall gripped the market, threatening to make chocolate and other confectionery costlier. Prices have doubled during the past year as growers in West Africa — who produce…
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