Cocoa

American confectionery, food, and beverage company giant, Mondelez has released its first-quarter performance report, recording a "delivered strong top-line results, driven by higher pricing and strong volume growth”. “Our chocolate and…
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Mars Incorporated has announced a new effort to improve the livelihoods of 14,000 smallholder cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia by the next eight years. According to the chocolate maker of more than 100 years, two…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to commence a process to hand over 51,000 hectares of successfully rehabilitated cocoa farms to owners. The cocoa farms are part of some 136,000 hectares of moribund and Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus…
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A whopping 1.56 million underage children allegedly continue to be caught up in child labour in cocoa farms and allied setups globally, despite earlier promises by cocoa and chocolate big players to fight the canker. According to the…
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A preliminary report has cited the lack of information about the Living Income Differential (LID) as a source of potential threat to its implementation. "Little information on the policy is giving rise to potentially different and…
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Koa, a Ghanaian-Swiss startup, says it has achieved a breakthrough payment transparency system using blockchain technology that proves payments and higher income for cocoa farmers. The transparency system, which is a product of…
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Cocoa production in Ghana can see a significant increase if more investment is made in irrigating cocoa farms. This means, the cash crop will not only be harvested all year round but increase production between four to five folds for…
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At the recently held Africa- EU Week celebration from the 14th to 18th February 2022, young Fairtrade producers were part of a series of side events organised by the youth on key thematics relating to integrated development on the African…
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Thousands of smallholder cocoa farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region of Ghana say they risk losing their farms in the coming weeks, as their landlord pushes through his plan to chop down all cocoa trees to…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of the Ghana Investments Promotions Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant has said it was time Ghana committed to making the needed financial investments to tap into the full potential of cocoa and chocolate industry…
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