Cocoa

A Position Paper by Cocoa Post The European Commission in November 2021, tabled a proposed legislation before the EU parliament that will enforce regulation on certain imported products on its market deemed to be associated with…
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The 2021/22 Light Cocoa Crop Season comes to an end by the close of business on September 8, a press release by Ghana Cocoa Board, COCOBOD has stated. In a statement released to the media, Cocobod notes that “In order to assist the…
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Farmforce in partnership with Fairtrade International has trained 400 members from 25 cooperatives in Cote d’Ivoire on how to use software, developed by Farmforce, to trace deforestation. According to Chief Executive Officer of…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a cue from Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire’s Living Income Differential initiative for cocoa producers to address challenges facing the country’s cocoa sector. In view of this, a National Cocoa…
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Subsidised fertiliser meant for Ghana's cocoa farmers is reportedly being diverted and sold by unscrupulous persons. COCOBOD, the Ghanaian cocoa sector regulator, provides subsidised fertilisers, chemicals and other farm inputs as…
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A joint platform of Ghanaian and Ivorian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and cocoa farmers has made a strong call for reforms in the international pricing mechanism for cocoa to guarantee a living income for farmers. The group has…
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Global cocoa-producing giants, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, are suspecting chocolate companies of perpetrating a deliberate price manipulation scheme for their produce, much to the disadvantage of their farmers. The Chief Executive of Ghana…
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Leading multi-national chocolate companies and key industry actors have assembled in Accra, the capital of Ghana, for crunch discussions bordering on cocoa trade at the instance of the Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI). A…
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Fairtrade Africa (FTA) has asserted at the 28th ARSO General Assembly in Yaoundé, Cameroon, that sustainability in supply chains has come to stay. FTA programme team leader of cocoa in Ghana, Abubakar Afful, has there launched a spirited…
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Barry Callebaut Ghana has partnered with Empower New Energy, a Norwegian solar investment company, to expand solar production at its manufacturing site in Tema. The Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading manufacturer of chocolate…
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