COCOA POST

The Managing Director of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company, Vincent Okyere Akomeah has disclosed Ghana and Ivory Coast will from October 1 this year begin paying the Living Income Differential (LID) to cocoa farmers. The LID an amount of…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will from this week begin a 100 percent pruning of all cocoa farms across the country at no cost to farmers. This was revealed during a National Stakeholder Dialogue on cocoa farmgate pricing and income of cocoa…
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The Ghana COCOBOD has released figures which show that the country has exported cocoa beans as of January 2020 to the tune of 596,000 tonnes. This is an increase in the export of cocoa beans recorded in the previous season which stood at…
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Society generally tags incidences of children helping on cocoa farms as “cocoa child labour”. A practice that is cruel, but rampant in cocoa. Several interventions on a global scale aim to reduce and eventually eradicate the practice.…
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A series of 20 organic chocolate products is being released by Herza Schokolade targeting the snacks and ice cream market. The company’s latest ranges will be unveiled at this year’s Biofach in Nuremberg between 12-15 February, which have…
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Mondelēz International has reported an encouraging financial quarter, with net revenues increasing 2.1% to $6.9 billion, attributed to a boost from organic sales growth totalling 4.1%. CEO and chairman Dirk Van de Put, said the results…
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The Voice Network, a group of NGOs and Trade Unions tackling sustainability in the global cocoa supply chain, has released a new position paper on providing a living income for farmers in key African markets. As the organisation noted,…
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