Farming

The Ghana COCOBOD on Friday, September 13, signed its annual cocoa loan syndication deal in Paris, France with some 20 banks including Societe General, Nedbank, MUFG, and NET-IXIS. This comes after Parliament’s approval for COCOBOD to…
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Ivory Coast and Ghana will meet major chocolate makers and grinders in Abidjan on Wednesday to make plans to regulate the industry’s efforts to source cocoa sustainably, multiple trade and government sources told Reuters. The plan comes…
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Ghana's President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the OmniFert Fertilizer Factory, a wholly-owned Ghanaian fertilizer manufacturing company. At the commissioning ceremony on Friday, 6th September, 2019, President Akufo-Addo applauded…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has appealed to private operators in the cocoa industry to support the efforts of extension officers in educating and counseling cocoa farmers about the…
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The Chief Executive Officer of Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo says the Board will soon distribute electronic scales that will be used to weigh cocoa in farming communities across the country. He said this at Pramkese in the…
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Mr Clement Kojo Akapame, a Consultant at TaylorCrabbe Initiative, has advocated effective enforcement of human rights and child labour laws towards ensuring sustainable cocoa supply chain. He noted that internationally, countries were…
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The Cocoa Officer for Dormaa Central Municipality has appealed to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and other stakeholders of the cocoa industry to develop appropriate technology for speedy cocoa flower pollination. David Afriyie-Gyebi said…
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Three Ghanaian farmers have had their cocoa beans selected among the top 50 in the world among 223 samples submitted for the 2019 edition of the International Cocoa Awards (ICA). Augustine Blay and Joseph Jongmaatey both of Elubo in the…
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