LID

The ambience of chitchats fills an Accra hotel seminar hall as attendees exchange pleasantries while networking. Others make their way out for the cocoa break. It's the end of the opening session of the COCOBOD AfCFTA Committee's meeting…
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Officials of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Côte d'Ivoire's Conseil Cafe Cacao (CCC) are locked in a crunch meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, over the implementation of the Living Income Differential (LID) for their cocoa farmers.…
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On July 6, 2020 we carried an article by our UK-based contributor, Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng, titled "Is Fairtrade Fair To Cocoa Farmers", which has generated quite a debate on and off our platform. Fairtrade West African Network has taken…
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Organic chocolate social enterprise, fairafric, has taken a swipe at giant chocolate makers for their alleged refusal to buy Africa's cocoa beans in an apparent move to skirt a $400 per ton premium termed the Living Income Differential…
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We recently heard of Ghana and Ivory Coast allegedly noticing Hershey's invading of the $400/t Living Income Differential levy agreed by the industry. This levy is meant to pay and help improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers. This…
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When Abidjan and Accra joined forces to create cocoa’s OPEC, also referred to as COPEC, they were looking to change the power balance in the cocoa sector. But the economic downturn had other plans. The marketing year for the 2020/21…
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The world's top two cocoa producers have cancelled their membership of the Cocoa Merchants Association of America (CMAA) amidst a row with chocolate manufacturers, according to Reuters. Ghana and Ivory Coast have accused the CMAA of aiding…
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Ghana and Ivory Coast are said to cancel all cocoa sustainability schemes run by American chocolate manufacturing giant - Hershey - within their jurisdictions, according to reports by Reuters News Agency. The chocolate maker is allegedly…
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This past week has seen the key start of the latest cocoa season within West Africa, which sees the introduction of the Living Income Differential put forward by the governments of the Ivory Coast and Ghana to support farmers wages. In a…
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Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is billed to receive a national recognition in Ivory Coast on 1st October 2020. President Alassane Dramane Ouattara will be bestowing the honour on the COCOBOD…
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