Cargill and IFC renew partnership to improve cocoa sector
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate has renewed its partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to introduce new initiatives to strengthen cocoa producing cooperatives and their communities through an improved Coop Academy 2.0.…
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UN chocolate bar aims to tackle poverty in the cocoa sector
The United Nations Development Programme and the FairChain Foundation have created The Other Bar, a chocolate bar that challenges consumers to take direct action against poverty.
Launching on Oct. 14, this experiment pilots a new way of…
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All Hail the Producers of the Premium Ghana Cocoa
When it comes to sourcing raw materials for cocoa-based chocolates and other confectionery, cocoa beans from Ghana are the preferred choice for global giants in the multi-billion dollar business.
The reason is simple. In addition to being…
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Ghana’s Producer Price Of Cocoa Up 8.42% to GHS515 Per Bag
The producer price of cocoa in Ghana has been increased by 8.42 per cent, moving the price of a 62.5-kilogramme bag of the commodity from GH¢475 to GH¢515 for the 2019/2020 cocoa season.
“The government has decided to increase the price…
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Why The World Is Falling In Love With Ghana Cocoa All Over Again
Consumers of cocoa products across the world have increasingly become aware of negative issues relating to the sourcing of raw materials for their favourite snack - chocolate.
A Farmgate Cocoa Alliance 2018 study established that over 79…
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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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