COCOA POST

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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A yet to be released United States report that shows child labour has risen in the West African cocoa sector is to be reviewed independently following objections by Ghana and Ivory Coast, Reuters has reported. The top two cocoa producers…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is said to be having a hard time honouring arrears owed to its purchasing agents following a coronavirus pandemic induced slowdown in export and sales activities, Bloomberg has reported. Lockdown restrictions at…
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Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) is introducing reforms aimed at boosting domestic exporters, including by reducing fees they pay when acquiring beans, CCC and industry sources said. The new measures also limit stockpiling of…
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Below average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions last week meant more downpours were needed to strengthen the crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is currently in its rainy season,…
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An upturn in online food sales, including confectionery and bakery resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has provided key insights into the future of the retailing within the sector, according to a leading food and drink IT specialist.…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total 99,468 bags of Cocoa fertilizers to be distributed to 126 farmer cooperative groups within Wiawso and Akontombra districts of the…
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