Nana Addo cannot claim glory for increase in cocoa prices The government’s claim to have increased cocoa prices by about 28% to Ghs10,560 per metric ton (myjoyonline-24/09/2020) is yet another lame attempt to throw dust […]
A mapping initiative by Nestlé has revealed that over 4,000 cocoa cultivators in Ghana and Ivory Coast supplying the food giant were farming in protected areas and designated forest land. Nestlé was able to single out around 4,300 producers as part of […]
The committee that investigated the missing documents in the trial of former COCOBOD Chief Executive Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo concluded its work without finding the most ‘critical’ document. Following a revelation […]
COCOBOD has chided former President John Mahama for what it describes as a deliberate attempt to always “make false statements about COCOBOD and the cocoa industry”. COCOBOD in a press statement copied to Citi Business News accused […]
Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo has warned cocoa farmers against the use of chemicals since this could affect cocoa production levels. Interacting with the 2018 National Best Cocoa Farmer, Charles Gyamfi, the […]
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business commemorates its 10th anniversary in Ghana by announcing plans for future investment and farmer support. Cargill’s 2022 roadmap for Ghana includes: 80,000 farmers receiving capacity building support and facilitated access […]
ABIDJAN/ACCRA, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa grower, raised the guaranteed price it pays farmers by 7 percent to 750 CFA francs ($1.34) per kilogramme for the 2018/19 main crop, while […]
Shippers ferrying Ghana’s cocoa exports to Europe will cut their freight charges by 9.4 percent for the October-September season to compensate the country for recent global bean price falls, the head of the Ghana shippers […]
The world’s top cocoa producers have long been at the mercy of traders who set cocoa prices thousands of miles away in London and New York. Now the producers are trying to do something about […]
Nana Opanbour Bonsu II, President, Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for the cultivation of rubber in cocoa communities in the Eastern Region. He said the situation […]
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