Farmers

The Netherlands-based Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) recently completed a study “Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire” to answer some basic questions around the household demographics of cocoa farmers, food…
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In 2010, the chocolate industry set a 10-year goal of reducing the worst forms of child labor in cocoa farming by 70%. As the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor report on child labor in West Africa will make clear, this target will not be…
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Ghana is the world's second-largest producer of cocoa beans, with average production of around 800,000 metric tonnes per annum. Experts believe the West African nation has the potential to do more, but for some challenges militating…
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- COVID-19 endangers agriculture in countries like Ghana with potentially disastrous knock-on effects for both producers and consumers. - Ghana is also showing what governments can do to support their farmers during this time to prevent a…
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Cocoa farmers have appealed to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, to increase the producer price of cocoa beans in the coming 2020/2021 season by a significant margin. According to the farmers, cost of production has…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo has appealed to cocoa farmers in the country to adhere strictly to all the safety protocols in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic. He noted that many people,…
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Ghanaian agritech company Farmerline has sent World Health Organisation COVID-19 information to over 18,000 smallholder farmers across 32 districts in Ghana in the wake of the pandemic. The WHO COVID-19 messages which were…
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Ghanaian agric technology firm Farmerline has hailed farmers in Ghana and around the world as the silent heroes in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic - COVID-19. A statement released in Accra and copied Cocoa Post…
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