Ivory Coast 2019/2020 Crop to Hit 1.7m Tonnes
A research by Commerzbank has revealed that Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer of Cocoa, is likely to hit around 1.7 million tonnes for the 2019/2020 crop season.
The report says thanks to good weather in recent weeks, respondents…
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Cocoa Forest Redd+ Programme To Be Launched
Ghana's government will, on Friday, 4 October 2019, launch the Cocoa Forest Redd+ Programme in Accra, Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed.
The Cocoa Forest Redd Plus Programme is aimed at promoting a climate-smart…
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Ghana Cocoa Sector Needs Active Youth Involvement to Fully Develop, MASO Leads the Way
Head of Communications of Solidaridad West Africa, Mr Bossman Owusu, has said the Next Generation Youth in Cocoa Programme, also known as MASO, is leading the transformation of the cocoa sector in the subregion by professionalising the…
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Ghana Cocoa Board Storms Sunyani Churches with Cocoa Consumption Campaign
Officials of Ghana Cocoa Board have taken their awareness creation campaign on the health and nutritional benefits of consuming cocoa to various churches in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region.
The programme was part of activities…
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South Africa’s De Villiers Chocolate Brand Enters USA Market
African sustainability has never been 100% African on its own initiative - that's where it becomes unclear who has benefited most from it.
Certainly not Africans, and the continent as a whole. Because the inequitable truth is that over…
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Ghana Climaxes Cocoa Day October 1
The 2019 Ghana Cocoa Day would be observed on Tuesday, October 1, under the theme: 'Sustainable Cocoa Production for Wealth & Health'.
The event will be held at the Jubilee Park in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region with a four-day…
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Olam Cocoa Ghana Celebrates 20 Years of Growth
From sourcing cocoa beans at the farm gate in 1999, Olam Cocoa has evolved into a fully integrated business, with traceability and sustainability at the core of its business and as it marks two decades of operation in the Ghana cocoa…
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Ghana gets Cocoa Quality Accreditation
Ghana has achieved yet another major milestone in cementing its position as the world’s second-largest producer of cocoa beans.
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the West African nation’s Cocoa Marketing Company (COCOBOD) saw its subsidiary,…
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Buy All Fertilizer for Cocoa Farming Locally – Ghana Veep Directs COCOBOD
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has directed the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to purchase all fertilizers intended to be supplied to cocoa farmers locally next year since local fertilizer companies have the capacity to supply them.
He…
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Cocoa Farmers in West Africa at the Mercy of Global Markets
Stand in the supermarket sweets aisle for any length of time and you would be forgiven for thinking your biggest problem is which chocolate bar to choose.
Chocolate lovers should savour the selection while they can — the future of the…
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