Cocoa producer

Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve provides important habitat for animals such as forest elephants, as well as drinking water for the city of Lagos. But the reserve has been severely deforested, losing more than 7 percent of its tree cover…
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Media personnel on Thursday were trained on Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI), a programme being implemented by leading cocoa-producing countries and companies towards safeguarding forests. The CFI is a programme, which has seen the…
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World Cocoa Foundation member Meiji Co., Ltd., based in Japan, supports independent cocoa farmers under the “Meiji Cocoa Support” program. This includes art classes and chocolate-making classes for Ghanaian school children. A program…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has called on managers and directors of the Board to work innovatively to change the fortunes of the cocoa industry. Mr Boahen Aidoo made the call when he briefed…
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The world’s second-largest cocoa producer offered to sell beans for the first time since introducing a surcharge, and found no buyers, according to people familiar with the matter. Ghana’s Cocoa Marketing Company, responsible for selling…
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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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