Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease

A major cocoa producing region in Ghana, the world's second largest cocoa grower, is 81% infected with swollen shoot disease, according to the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO). Prices for the chocolate ingredient have roughly…
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Ghana's Cocobod will use part of a $200 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate plantations destroyed by the cocoa swollen shoot virus, which causes drops in yields and kills trees, the regulator's deputy Chief Executive in charge of…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has revealed that over 500,000 hectares of cocoa farms in Ghana have been lost to the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD), posing a major threat to the country’s…
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Cocoa, scientifically known as Theobroma cacao, is one of the most important cash crops in Ghana's burgeoning economy. Cocoa has widely been described as the mainstay of Ghana's economy. For over a century now, cocoa has been the main…
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