COCOA POST

International lenders have refused to underwrite the risk of $1.3 billion cocoa syndication loan for the 2020/21 crop season. These international lenders, according to Reuters, have cited the uncertainty amid the Coronavirus Pandemic as…
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Cocoblock, a digital solution developed by French NGO Nitidae, has demonstrated blockchain technology can contribute to better traceability of cocoa production in Ivory Coast. Cocoblock blockchain, which according to Nitidae, was developed…
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A landmark agreement on land-lease in Ghana's leading cocoa producing hub is praised as significant in increasing national production output. A protracted land dispute had meant about 614,000 hectares of smallholder cocoa farms lacked…
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ILO Conventions No. 138 on the minimum age for employment and Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour have been ratified by Ghana as part of activities marking the 2020 World Day against Child Labour. Ghana's ratification of…
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Edward Akapire, the Head of Region, Fairtrade Africa West Africa Network, has called for better systems beyond organisation, governance, and internal management systems to improve farmer incomes and livelihoods in Africa. He said whereas…
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Migros, Switzerland's largest supermarket chain and employer, has become embroiled in an online racism debate after removing the beloved, if controversial, ‘Mohrenkopf’ (Moor's Head) candies from its stores. There were queues around the…
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Ghanaian agritech company Farmerline has sent World Health Organisation COVID-19 information to over 18,000 smallholder farmers across 32 districts in Ghana in the wake of the pandemic. The WHO COVID-19 messages which were…
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As demand for global cocoa products surges, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has identified potential new markets for Ghana’s sweetened cocoa powder industry based on their respective annual import values of above US$3 million.…
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Ghanaian agric technology firm Farmerline has hailed farmers in Ghana and around the world as the silent heroes in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic - COVID-19. A statement released in Accra and copied Cocoa Post…
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