COCOBOD Confident of Higher Yield per Acre With Introduction of Mass Pruning
Dr. Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh, Deputy Chief Executive In-Charge of Agronomy and Quality Control has expressed confidence in the positive outcome of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) motorized mass national pruning exercise across all cocoa…
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Drink Raw Cocoa Powder to Boost Your Immune System – Pharmacist
The chief pharmacist at the Cocoa Clinic in Accra, Edward Amporful, is encouraging the consumption of raw cocoa powder to help boost the immune system and defend the body against the novel coronavirus - COVID-19.
Health experts have said a…
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5 Things COCOBOD Can Do Differently Post COVID-19
Cocoa remains Ghana’s most important export crop representing nearly 40 percent of total exports. Due to its significant foreign exchange earnings, the Government of Ghana has set up the Ghana Cocoa Board under the Ministry of Finance and…
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COCOBOD Says No Price Drop Projected for Cocoa Farmers
The regulator for Ghana’s cocoa industry, COCOBOD says it does not foresee a drop in the producer price of beans for cocoa farmers in the wake of the novel Coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, for 2019, COCOBOD increased the producer price of…
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Ghana Loses $1 billion as Global Cocoa Prices Fall amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Ghana’s cocoa industry could suffer darker days ahead as the coronavirus pandemic has not just plunged cocoa prices on the world market but also stalled the current syndication process for loan facilities for the 2020/2021 crop season.
CEO…
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Three Cocoa Farmer Cooperatives in Nkonya Receive Certificate to Operate
As part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa farmers, the institution has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities in the country to come together as a vibrant community-based Cocoa farmers cooperative.…
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Nigeria’s Flagship Eko Chocolate Show Postponed Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
The second edition of Nigeria's Eko Chocolate Show scheduled to open Friday 3rd April 2020 has been postponed amidst the global coronavirus pandemic - COVID19.
As of Friday afternoon, the populous West African nation had reported 190…
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United States Investigates Child Labor in Ivory Coast Cocoa Supply Chains
U.S. customs authorities have asked cocoa traders to report where and when they encounter child labor in their supply chains in top grower Ivory Coast, three industry sources said, following calls from American lawmakers to ban some…
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COVID19: ECOM Ghana Donates Medicated Soap Worth GHC2.4m to Cocoa Farmers
As part of its contribution to the fight against the COVID19 pandemic, Ecom Ghana, a licensed cocoa buying company, has presented 1.2 million units of medicated soap worth GH¢2.4 million to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to be distributed to…
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