Sustainability

Solidaridad, an international civil society organization, has launched its RECLAIM Sustainability! programme at a brief ceremony in Accra. The five-year programme, which is implemented by Solidaridad and TrustAfrica with funding from the…
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Scientists at a Swiss technology institute Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have become the first to have successfully developed lab-grown chocolate. The team made up of biotechnologists and food technologists was led by…
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Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA), Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG, Fuchs & Hoffmann and Ascot Amsterdam are collaborating on setting up an economically viable and resilient cocoa production system that will improve the lives of cocoa…
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Educational institutions periodically upgrade their curriculum and pedagogy to meet the new standards of education. However, classroom ergonomics, i.e. seating arrangement, desks, and chairs in the classroom, which are one of the most…
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Ghana's capital Accra is playing host to Fairtrade Africa's two-day West Africa Regional Fairtrade Convention from 13th to 14th June 2021. The 2021 edition of the biennial event is on the theme “Building Producer Resilience through…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reported promising results from its pilot cocoa farm irrigation project launched two years. Data from the COCOBOD indicate that farmers who signed on to the pilot phase of the irrigation programme in the…
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On the occasion of its silver jubilee, global chocolate manufacturing giant Barry Callebaut has affirmed the commitment to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025, and reiterated its resolve to protect cocoa products and chocolate for…
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The Executive Director of the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO), Mr Michel Arrion, has reiterated calls for a unified cocoa sector sustainability agenda that prioritises fair pricing for cocoa growers. Mr Arrion was among the…
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The European Union (EU) in Ghana will hold a high-level conference as part of its Sustainable Cocoa  Dialogue series expected to be addressed by Ghanaian president, Nana Akufo-Addo. The series has served as a crucial platform to discuss…
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The International Cocoa Initiative(ICI) has announced that it is seeking to completely eliminate child and forced labour in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Ivory Coast. This follows research findings by the National Opinion Research…
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