Cote d’Ivoire

Personnel of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) last Sunday night intercepted a heavy-duty truck loaded with 200 maxi bags of cocoa beans at Taviefe, near Ho, speeding towards Togo. The Mercedes Benz truck, BA 265…
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Ghana has suspended its free cocoa spraying programme at Elubo, a cocoa community on the border with Cote d'Ivoire over rampant smuggling. The country's cocoa sector supervisory agency, Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), provides free cocoa…
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Farmerline, one of the world’s leading agritech companies – has officially launched its operations in Cote d’Ivoire as part of plans to service Francophone Africa. The move which is in line with the corporate expansion strategy,…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana can heave a sigh of relief as the European Union (EU) has clarified that the majority of cocoa from the West African country is at no risk of an EU market ban. Legislation passed in December by the EU parliament…
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Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen-Aidoo, has reiterated his call on the European Union (EU) to reconsider the element of cocoa pricing in its Due Diligence legislation. According to him, the legislation in its…
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Ghana Cocoa Board’s Anti-smuggling Task Force has in collaboration with the security agencies intercepted over 1,500 bags of cocoa being smuggled to neighbouring countries. According to the Director of Special Services at COCOBOD,…
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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 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 a…
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Mighty Earth, an international environment watch group, has launched the Cocoa Accountability Map for Ghana, an online tool to track cocoa-driven deforestation. The interactive map tool, which is accessible to the public at no fee, comes…
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