Ghana

The European Union has threatened to impose import restrictions on Ghana's cocoa entering its jurisdiction over deforestation and child labour concerns. A Deputy Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, in charge of Agronomy and Quality…
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Ghana's Forestry Commission and the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) have agreed to speed up their collaboration on forest protection and restoration in cocoa communities. The development means the WCF, representing cocoa and chocolate…
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There is a lot of money in chocolate but the producers of the raw material see very little of it. Last year the retail industry was worth $107bn (£78bn), according to one projection, but Ghana - the world's second-largest cocoa…
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Partner cocoa farmers of Cocoa Life Ghana, Mondelēz International's sustainability program, will receive over 6 million dollars in premium payment for the 2020/2021 crop season. This year's total premium of $6,115,000 marks a 14 percent…
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Prof. Joseph Assan (Heller) spoke at a virtual Heller School for Social Policy and Management event on March 24 about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted “livelihood sustainability and human wellbeing.” Hosted by the Center for…
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Ghana is known globally for her gold, the Black Star and cocoa, which the legendary Tetteh Quarshie brought from the island of Fernando Po (now Bioko, Equatorial Guinea) in 1878. Although not native to the country, Ghana has for over a…
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A virtual edition of Nigeria's flagship Eko Chocolate Show is set to kick off Saturday 27th March to Sunday 28th March 2021 via online video conferencing platform Zoom. The African cocoa and chocolate forum assembles chocolatiers,…
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Research conducted by the Stanbic Bank Research Team has revealed that out of Ghana’s estimated production of 812,000 tons of cocoa beans, only 30 percent is processed locally although the country’s installed capacity for processing the…
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"Old and unproductive", that is how Francis Oko Lanquaye described his 4 and half-acre cocoa farm when he acquired it some years back. It is located at Otwebediedua, near Suhum in the Eastern Region, about 65 kilometres northwest of…
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