National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme

Prolonged dry Harmattan conditions have compelled the Ghana Cocoa Board to suspend its planned handing over of thousands of newly rehabilitated cocoa farms, a source at the regulator has revealed to Cocoa Post. In a speech read for the…
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Several beneficiaries of Ghana's cocoa rehabilitation programme have kicked against a planned handover of rehabilitated cocoa farms to them. Last month, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced its intention to officially hand over…
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Ghana's Cocobod will use part of a $200 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate plantations destroyed by the cocoa swollen shoot virus, which causes drops in yields and kills trees, the regulator's deputy Chief Executive in charge of…
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Afarinick Company Limited, Ghana's leading farm and forest management organisation, has announced the appointment of Dr. Solomon Arhin as Deputy Managing Director. Dr. Arhin will deputise the Managing Director, Eliseus Opoku-Boamah, to…
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A visit today to Dadieso, the capital of the Suaman District, in the Western North Region of Ghana, reveals a bustling community with tarred streets awash with people and Pragya tricycle taxis. But only two years back, this community,…
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The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has lauded Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and Afarinick Company Limited for successfully addressing challenges that bedevilled implementation of the ongoing National Cocoa Rehabilitation…
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A hydra-headed challenge threatens to place a chokehold on Ghana’s cocoa production sector. Climate change, disease, moribund farms, overaged tree stock, an aged farmer population and an acute labour shortage are some of the notable…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to commence a process to hand over 51,000 hectares of successfully rehabilitated cocoa farms to owners. The cocoa farms are part of some 136,000 hectares of moribund and Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus…
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Cocoa production in key regions in Ghana, especially the Western North Region, has declined to a historic low in recent years. With about 70 percent of farms in the region estimated to be affected, cocoa production volumes have been…
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