Cocoa Producer Price

Ghana Cocoa Board’s Anti-smuggling Task Force has in collaboration with the security agencies intercepted over 1,500 bags of cocoa being smuggled to neighbouring countries. According to the Director of Special Services at COCOBOD,…
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The Government of Ghana through the Ghana Cocoa Board is developing a Cocoa Management System, CMS, to enable Ghana to meet the European(EU) due diligence requirements, Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has…
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Ghana has increased its cocoa producer price from GHS660 to GHS800 per bag for its 2022/23 crop, said Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture in Accra, on Wednesday. The new farmgate price which represents a 21%…
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The government of Ghana has failed to announce a much-anticipated cocoa farmgate price for the 2022/23 cocoa season commencing October 1, 2022. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo, addressing a rally of cocoa farmers…
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Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa producer price from 825CFA to 900CFA ($1.33) per kilogram for the 2022/23 cocoa season. The new price announced in Abidjan by Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet represents 9% raise over that of the…
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October 1 is designated annually as Cocoa Day. It marks the commencement of the cocoa year which ends in September the following year. Cocoa Day is dedicated to celebrating the work and contributions of smallholder farmers to…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana have warned that the country could lose more productive cocoa farms to illegal mining if cocoa prices remain unchanged. This alarm by cocoa farmers comes ahead of this year's Cocoa Day (October 1), which marks the…
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Ghana is said to be paying as much as $400 million yearly in cocoa producer price subsidies following a sustained assault on the international market price for the commodity. The country in September 2020 announced an unprecedented 28…
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For the intermediate marketing campaign which opens on April 1, the farm gate price per kilogram of cocoa is maintained at 825 FCFA, as in the main campaign. The announcement was made by the Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture and…
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Ghana's government has maintained the cocoa producer price for the 2021/22 crop year at GH¢10,560 per metric tonne, translating to GH¢660 per bag (64kg) at the farmgate effective October 8, 2021. "This price represents 87.15% of the FOB…
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