COCOA POST - The Voice of Cocoa

The Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, hinted that from October 2019 cocoa farmers would be introduced to motorised slashers to reduce the use of hoes and cutlasses in farm maintenance. He insisted, however, that such support…
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Ghana has hinted of an impending deal with China to establish a 50,000-tonne capacity cocoa processing plant at the cocoa producing enclave of Western North Region. The partnership project said to cost 100 million dollars will produce…
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Nigeria’s 2019-20 cocoa crop is threatened by an attack of the fungal black-pod disease due to the wetness created by persistent rains in the main cocoa-growing areas, the industry association said. “The losses could escalate if the rains…
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Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire have announced a new cocoa trading pricing mechanism offering a $400 per tonne living income differential (LID) to the farmer. The Living Income Differential is introduced as a "guarantee" to the $2,600 per tonne…
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On 12 June 2019, the governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire announced a floor price of USD 2,600/ton of cocoa beans for the 2019/2020 cocoa season. They also announced a suspension of forward sales of beans for the 2020/2021 season. This…
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U.S. food maker Mars Inc. supports a decision by Ivory Coast and Ghana to set a floor price for their cocoa exports, a senior executive told Reuters on Wednesday, becoming one of the first major chocolate companies to back the initiative.…
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Ghana has been participating in the 2019 Tea Expo being held at Hangzhou, China, as the second-largest cocoa producer in the world seeks new markets in Asia for cocoa and cocoa products. Ghana was invited by the Chinese Government as a…
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