Ghana

The Asante-Akim South Municipal Assembly of Ghana's Ashanti Region has distributed 150,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers in its bid to increase yield and improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in the Municipality. The exercise, which…
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WAMCo, a cocoa processing company in Takoradi in the Western Region, is back to business and already making profit. The company was shut down for close to three years after Cocobod, under the erstwhile Mahama administration, allegedly…
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I have visited many cocoa producing regions in West Africa for many years where cocoa farmers are struggling to support their families. Each year, they work the land in the same way. They grow the same crop on the same land every year and…
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Fair Trade USA has set out a policy of increasing its minimum price and Community Development Premium for cocoa by 20 per cent as of October 2019. The organisation said the move would help farmers in a bid to become closer to earning a…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has assured the $400 Living Income Differential introduced jointly with Ivory Coast on cocoa is not a surcharge. "We will like to correct the misrepresentation of the…
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World Cocoa Foundation member Meiji Co., Ltd., based in Japan, supports independent cocoa farmers under the “Meiji Cocoa Support” program. This includes art classes and chocolate-making classes for Ghanaian school children. A program…
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Official spokesperson for Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Fiifi Boafo, has rejected a Bloomberg report Friday claiming Ghana Cocoa got no buyers on first market appearance since $400 premium. Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's largest…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has called on managers and directors of the Board to work innovatively to change the fortunes of the cocoa industry. Mr Boahen Aidoo made the call when he briefed…
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The world’s second-largest cocoa producer offered to sell beans for the first time since introducing a surcharge, and found no buyers, according to people familiar with the matter. Ghana’s Cocoa Marketing Company, responsible for selling…
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