Think of Your Farm As a Business – Ghana Cocoa Boss Tells Cocoa Farmers
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has charged cocoa farmers to be business minded in operating their farms and to partake fully in the various programmes introduced by COCOBOD to ensure…
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[Editorial] Cocoa Producers Must Have a Say In Global Cocoa Price
For decades, the cocoa industry has been the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. There cannot be an objective appraisal of the history of Ghana’s development without the role played by the cocoa industry and especially cocoa farmers.
Those…
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Ghana Hosts Master Training Programme on Cashew Value Chain Promotion
As part of an effort to help address the skills gap that has been a challenge in the cashew industry in Africa over the years, the 8th edition of the master Training programme on cashew value chain promotion has opened in Ghana.
The…
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Solidaridad Trains Ivory Coast Youth to Protect Fast Depleting Forests
Solidaridad West Africa (SWA) has trained and engaged 20 youth in Ivory Coast for the protection of forest in the West African country.
Programmes and projects for the protection of forests is gaining currency in the world's largest…
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Could Cocoa Processing In Ghana Be The Nectar For African Diaspora Investments?
Ghana declared 2019 the Year of Return for the African diaspora. It was part of a campaign to reach out to millions of descendants of Africans who were forcibly uprooted from the continent through the transatlantic slave trade.
On the West…
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Ghana’s Rainforest Is Being Depleted Faster Than Any Where in The World
Ghana’s rainforest is being lost at an alarming rate, according to a new report about the state of forests worldwide.
Global Forest Watch (GFW) used updated remote sensing and satellite data from the University of Maryland and estimates…
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Mondelēz Projects 100% Sustainable Cocoa Sourcing by 2025
Globa chocolate giant, Mondelēz International, has projected to 100 percent sustainable for all its chocolate brands by 2015.
The renewed commitment comes following promising results in Mondelez International's Cocoa Life sustainability…
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Cameroon Partners Tree Global To Create Cameroon Seedling Company
The government of Cameroon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Switzerland-based organization known as Tree Global for the creation of Cameroon Seedling Company expected to transform and modernize agriculture as well as…
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Film Examines Impact of Fairtrade Initiatives on Women Cocoa Farmers
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) at the University of Bath, United Kingdom, presents a film examining the impact of Fairtrade initiatives on women cocoa farmers in Ghana.
The over 17-minutes documentary by Dr Roy Maconachie …
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Promote Cocoa Consumption At All Times – COCOBOD
Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has challenged participants at the just ended Cocoa Validation Workshop in Accra to be cocoa consumption ambassadors and promote cocoa products wherever they find…
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