Cocoa

The International Cocoa Initiative(ICI) has announced that it is seeking to completely eliminate child and forced labour in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Ivory Coast. This follows research findings by the National Opinion Research…
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The world's number one cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, has announced an ambitious plan to plant 50 million trees in one day before the close of the year, Abidjan.net has reported. It comes on the heels of its West African neighbour, Ghana,…
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Coffee and cocoa from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are internationally renowned for their high quality and robust flavour. The industry is also an important economic driver in Congo. In North and South Kivu, an estimated…
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Ghana's Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has been elected the first Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (ICCIG). Dr Akoto's election marks an important step in…
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Ghana's record cocoa production in a decade has necessitated additional borrowing from the domestic market to finance purchases. As of June 3 2021, the world's second-largest cocoa producer had recorded 965,493 metric tonnes in cocoa…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Swiss food processing technology giant Bühler Group to support the country's value addition drive. Bühler Group is a world leader in cocoa processing and chocolate…
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A chocolate processing factory is to be established in Rwanda through collaboration between Ghana and the East African country to boost bilateral trade. Reciprocally, Rwanda will also establish a formulation plant in Ghana for the…
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Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator, Conseil Cafe Cacao (CCC), has called out leading chocolate makers for refusal to pay the Living Income Differential (LID), a $400-per-tonne premium. West African neighbours and the world's top two cocoa…
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The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) has planted 1,500 trees to help the government achieve its objective of planting 5 million trees to green Ghana. Shade trees of all kinds nursed by Form Ghana were distributed to 351 member cocoa…
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The US Supreme Court has made a ruling absolving food giants Nestle and Cargill of any wrongdoing in a child slavery suit brought against them by six men from Mali. The apex court's decision effectively reverses a lower-court ruling that…
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