Initiative Cacao Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana (ICCIG)

A group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the European Commission to "rapidly engage in formal negotiations" with Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire towards the establishment of an Economic Pact on Sustainable Cocoa. "The…
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The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, and his Ivorian counterpart, Alhasanne Outtara, have challenged the European Union to prioritise the livelihood and incomes of cocoa farmers as it mulls over its cocoa sector due diligence…
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Ivory Coast and Ghana are escalating action against cocoa buyers refusing to pay a $400-per-tonne Living Income Differential (LID) with a threat to name and shame top chocolate brands undermining the scheme. The two leading cocoa…
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Ghana's Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has been elected the first Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (ICCIG). Dr Akoto's election marks an important step in…
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Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's top two cocoa beans producers, have appointed Alex Arnaud Assanvo to head an organisation born out of their joint cooperation on cocoa. Until his appointment as the first-ever Executive Secretary of the…
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