COCOA POST - The Voice of Cocoa

President Akufo-Addo has hinted that beginning from the 2021 crop season of cocoa production in Ghana and Ivory Coast, farmers in the two respective countries will be paid a Living Income Differential (LIB) of four hundred United States…
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Fairtrade is supporting the decision of Ghana and Ivory Coast to raise the farmgate price of cocoa to US$1,820 per tonne for all farmers. The organisation sees the announcement as a real opportunity to drive change at scale for farmers in…
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The 2019 edition of Salon Du Chocolat, the world’s largest chocolate event is ongoing in Porte De Versailles-Paris, France. The 5-day event opened on the 30th October 2019 with glitz and glamour. The 2019 edition which marks the…
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The willingness of some multinational firms to pay a cost-of-living bonus for African cocoa planters is welcome but will not save many farmers from grinding poverty, industry sources say. Ivory Coast and Ghana, which together account for…
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The government has announced plans to inject US$600 million into the cocoa sector. The funds, being sourced from the African Development Bank (AfDB) will finance various initiatives such as mass cocoa spraying exercises, agronomic…
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A team from U.S. Customs and Border Protection visited agricultural regions of Ivory Coast last week to begin investigating whether cocoa is produced there with forced or indentured child labor and, if so, whether the U.S. should block…
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In its quest to boost cocoa production and increase benefits to cocoa farmers, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has partnered two agro-chemical companies for the introduction of fertiliser that tackles soil acidity, which is hampering…
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