Chocolate industry
2016/2017 Cocoa Buying Season Ends On Thursday
COCOBOD said the purchase of the 2016/2017 main crop cocoa season will end at the close Thursday The Ghana Cocoa Board...
GHc3.9billion Cocoa Target Under Threat
Plans to rake in GH¢3.92 billion from the cocoa sector this year are on the line, following a 17.7 per cent fall in...
Cocoa Sector Players, Otumfuo Pledge Support For Cargill’s New Initiative
The Ministers for Food & Agriculture, Trade and Industry, Executives of COCOBOD and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu...
COCOBOD To Destroy Aging Cocoa Trees
The regulator of cocoa sector in Ghana, Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), is to undertake a rehabilitation of cocoa farms in the...
Study Identifies Farming In Forest Reseves As Lead Cause of Deforestation
A study has ascertained that of all the factors driving deforestation in Ghana, agriculture is prime with cocoa...
COCOBOD To Rehabilitate Cocoa Farms
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to undertake massive rehabilitation of cocoa farms in the country. In view of this,...
Armyworms Invade Cocoa Farms In Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality
Armyworms have invaded several cocoa farms in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality in the Ashanti region. The affected farmers...
Cocobod Project To Rehabilitate 10,000 Hectares of Cocoa Farms
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has launched a project to treat and rehabilitate some 10,000 hectares of diseased and...
Ghana – Cote d’Ivoire Partnership Could Stabilise Cocoa Prices – Expert
A supply and value chain expert, Vincent Ebo Ocran, is proposing a partnership between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire as a...
Captain Smart ‘fires’ COCOBOD
Radio Presenter, Nana Kojo Yirenkyi popularly referred to as Captain Smart on Wednesday morning took on officials of...
Let’s Process More Cocoa As Beverage – COCOBOD CEO
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahene-Aidoo, has urged major players in...
Cocoa Revenue To Drop Further Over Falling Global Prices – Agric Minister
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has predicted a further drop in revenue from cocoa for this year....
Government Must Halt Sale of Cocoa Farms To Miners – Farmers
Some cocoa farmers in the country have called on the government to halt the indiscriminate sale of cocoa farms to small...
We Will Burn Our Cocoa Farms If Galamsey Activities Don’t Stop – Asunafo North Farmers
Galamsey operations, according to the union, have popped up in some communities Cocoa production may significantly...
Gov’t Scraps Free Fertilizer Policy
Government has indicated that it is scrapping the free fertilizer distribution policy aimed at aiding Cocoa farmers in...
Ghana Likely To Miss 2017/18 Cocoa Target Over Unfavourable Weather
Ghana may miss its cocoa production target for the 2017/2018 crop season if the weather pattern forecast by the Ghana...
Nestle, Others Agree To End Deforestation In Ghana, Ivory Coast
The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez, and cocoa traders, such as Cargill and...
12 World’s Leading Cocoa Companies Pledge To Help Ghana Fight Galamsey
Twelve of the world's leading cocoa and chocolate companies have promised to help Ghana address the issue of illegal...
Cocoa Industry Agrees Plan To Tackle Deforestation
Major chocolate makers, including Ferrero, Nestle and Mars, agreed Thursday a landmark initiative to tackle...