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WAMCo, a cocoa processing company in Takoradi in the Western Region, is back to business and already making profit. The company was shut down for close to three years after Cocobod, under the erstwhile Mahama administration, allegedly…
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Ghanaian bean to bar chocolate manufacturer, 57 Chocolate, has unveiled creatively exciting new wrapper designs for its 55% cocoa milk chocolate. The designs highlight the dedication of weavers of two of the West African country's iconic…
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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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COCOBOD will this year distribute about 60 million hybrid cocoa seedlings free of charge to farmers across cocoa growing districts to plant to increase their yield and incomes. Mr Kwadwo Danso, Ashanti Regional Manager of Cocoa Health and…
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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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