Coffee

Starbucks Corporation, a global coffee and cocoa beverage retail chain, has come under renewed pressure from a global civil society coalition to come clean about where it sources the cocoa for its chocolate products. The Coalition,…
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Fairtrade International has updated its Cocoa Standard with a reinforced focus on human rights, the fight against deforestation, traceability, and living income. Confirming the development, the social justice organisation explained the…
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Tropenbos Ghana, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has been named the Change Agent of the Year at the 2022 Ghana Cocoa Awards, held in Accra. The organisation which is affiliated with Tropenbos International was recognised…
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Tropenbos International, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has welcomed the European Union (EU) Deforestation Law calling it a "historic agreement." Noting the law as the first in the world that takes significant steps to…
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The European Union (EU) Parliament Tuesday morning passed a new law that will ban the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The EU Due Diligence law demands that products such as cocoa, coffee, soy, and beef, among others, meet…
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Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa producer price from 825CFA to 900CFA ($1.33) per kilogram for the 2022/23 cocoa season. The new price announced in Abidjan by Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet represents 9% raise over that of the…
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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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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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The Programmes Director of Fairtrade Africa, Chris Oluoch, has disclosed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adversely on farmers in Africa, with many losing up to 80 percent of their revenue. Aside from the revenue losses occasioned…
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Revenue in exports from coffee for the year 2018 was $34,000. This is according to the President of the Coffee Federation of Ghana (CFG), Chief Nat Ebo Nsarko. The $34,000 export revenue recorded for 2018 stands in sharp contrast for…
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