Cocoa tree

COCOBOD in its quest to reduce drudgery and introduce modern practices in cocoa farming has out-doored motorized pruners and slashers for weeding and pruning in cocoa farms across the country. Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive of…
Read More...

Inhabitants of Anum Apapamu, a cocoa farming community near Suhum in the Eastern Region have benefitted from free cocoa drinks and medical screening organized by Ghana Cocoa Board in collaboration with the Cocoa Processing Company ahead of…
Read More...

A licensed cocoa buyer has corroborated reports that farmers are being cheated at the point of sale of cocoa beans to the Licensed Buying Companies (LBC). According to Abdul Razak Adamu, however, the LBCs are not responsible for this…
Read More...

Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board Joseph Boahen Aidoo has rubbished a claim by the western media that Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have formed a “cocoa cartel” to control the world cocoa price. The cocoa cartel branding by some major…
Read More...

Giving up cocoa farms to galamsey operators for their mining activities will negatively affect the Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) capacity to continue its development projects in cocoa farming communities, says the Chief Executive of…
Read More...

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…
Read More...

The leading organization responsible for policing standards in the world’s cocoa industry has regularly approved cocoa from West African farms that use child labor or have contributed to deforestation of the region, interviews and…
Read More...

The 2019 Ghana Cocoa Day would be observed on Tuesday, October 1, under the theme: 'Sustainable Cocoa Production for Wealth & Health'. The event will be held at the Jubilee Park in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region with a four-day…
Read More...