Chocolate industry

Business

Ghana Must Process 50 Percent of Cocoa – CEO COCOBOD

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has expressed optimism that Ghana...

International

Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Call Off Strike

On Thursday striking growers brandished documents showing buyers have not paid them Ivorian cocoa farmers have agreed...

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Claims of Child Labour On Ghana Farms Overblown

Reports of Ghana using child labour on its cocoa farms are grossly exaggerated and not a true reflection of practices...

Business

Farmers Ask Government To Bring Back Akuafo Cheque System

The Ghana Cocoa Coffee and Shea-nut Farmers Association (GCCSFA) has appealed to the government to bring back the...

Business

Part of Cocoa Fund To Fix Cocoa Roads

The Minister Designate for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako- Attah has hinted that portions of cocoa proceeds will be...

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Part of Cocoa Fund To Fix Cocoa Roads- Amoako-Attah

The Minister Designate for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako- Attah has hinted that portions of cocoa proceeds will be...

Business

ADI Proposes Major Cocoa Sector Reforms

The Alliance for Development and industrialization, (ADI), an advocacy group and think tank comprising new generation...

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ADI Proposes Major Cocoa Sector Reforms

The Alliance for Development and industrialization, (ADI), an advocacy group and think tank comprising new generation...

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Yara Ghana Appoints 1st Ghanaian Managing Director

Yara Ghana Limited., a leading fertilizer company, has appointed Mr. Danquah Addo-Yobo as the Managing Director to lead...

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Government Support To Cocoa Farmers Unprecedented – Dr. Baah

Executive director of the Cocoa Health and Extension Division at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Francis Baah has...

Business

Cocoa Shortage Looms In Ghana

Cocoa shortage is looming in Ghana as illegal diamond and gold mining activities are killing cocoa farms in mining...

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Cocoa Futures Curtail Losses, Despite Surprise Drop In EU Grind

Cocoa processing volumes by European grinders recorded an unexpectedly weak finish to 2016 – although the data...

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COCOBOD Moved To Agric Ministry ?

It appears the Nana Akufo-Addo government may move the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) from the supervision of the Ministry...

Business

Cocobod Outlines Interventions To Boost Cocoa Production

Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has put in place a number of interventions and best agronomic...

Business

Cocoa Farmers Threaten To Blacklist Cocoa Buying Companies Over Cheating

Over 3,000 cocoa farmers in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region have threatened to blacklist licensed...

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COCOBOD Gives Fund To Qualified Buying Companies

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has released funds to qualified Licensed Buying Companies (LBC) to purchase...

Opinion

Agriculture In The Gold Coast

Imagine how food and cash crops were produced in the 1900s. Peasant farming held sway at the time across the country....

Business

Cocobod Released Funds For Purchases

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has debunked rumours circulating within the industry, that funds for the purchase of...

Business

Cocobod Rejects Claims of Insufficient Funds To Purchase Cocoa

COCOBOD has rejected claims of not releasing sufficient funds to purchase cocoa for the 2016/2017 crop season. It...