Ghana

Inhabitants of Anum Apapamu, a cocoa farming community near Suhum in the Eastern Region have benefitted from free cocoa drinks and medical screening organized by Ghana Cocoa Board in collaboration with the Cocoa Processing Company ahead of…
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A licensed cocoa buyer has corroborated reports that farmers are being cheated at the point of sale of cocoa beans to the Licensed Buying Companies (LBC). According to Abdul Razak Adamu, however, the LBCs are not responsible for this…
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The Managing Director of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company, Vincent Okyere Akomeah has disclosed Ghana and Ivory Coast will from October 1 this year begin paying the Living Income Differential (LID) to cocoa farmers. The LID an amount of…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will from this week begin a 100 percent pruning of all cocoa farms across the country at no cost to farmers. This was revealed during a National Stakeholder Dialogue on cocoa farmgate pricing and income of cocoa…
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Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board Joseph Boahen Aidoo has rubbished a claim by the western media that Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have formed a “cocoa cartel” to control the world cocoa price. The cocoa cartel branding by some major…
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Cocoa farmers in Jomoro Municipality of Western Region are to benefit from the government's flagship programme, Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD). The Municipal Assembly has promised to distribute seven hundred thousand…
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