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CPC In Talks With Banks To Restructure $20.5m Debt

Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) is in talks with a syndicate of banks to restructure its $20.5 million debt to be...

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CPC Asks For Gov’t Bailout

The Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) is asking government for bailout to help boost its operation. This is on the back of...

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COCOBOD To Cut Down Over 100 Million Cocoa Trees

The Ghana COCOBOD is looking forward to cut down about one hundred million cocoa trees by the 2017/2018 crop season....

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This Is Good News For Our Cocoa Sector

LAST week President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that Switzerland has agreed to assist Ghana to increase its...

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Want To Improve Your Memory? The Answer Is In Chocolate!

Those looking to improve their memory are unlikely to turn to chocolate for help. But a new study backs up previous...

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Possible Price Drop In Commodity-Based Stocks In the Short Term

Continuous dip in some key commodity prices on the world market is likely to impact the output of certain...

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Cocobod Replies Minority

Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has dismissed suggestions by the Minority in Parliament that government is unfairly...

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COCOBOD Workers Demand Pay Rise Despite Crippling Debt

Intelligence gathered by The Finder indicates that staff of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are demanding salary increment...

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Timeabu Cocoa Farmers Thwart Gov’t’s ‘Tree On the Farm’ Initiative

Cocoa farmers at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region are cutting down trees on their farms,...

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COCOBOD Pledges To Contribute Its Quota To Reversing Deforestation

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBD) on Thursday gave the assurance that it would contribute its quota towards reversing the...

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Timeabu Cocoa Farmers Heighten Risk of Climate Change As They Cut Down Trees On Farms

Cocoa farmers at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region are cutting down trees on their farms,...

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Cocoa Farmers Schooled On “CSSVD”

Mr Seidu Mahama, Suhum Municipal Best Farmer for two successive years, has called on traditional authorities to assist...

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Cocobod Launches Artificial Pollination Project To Increase Yields

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has launched the artificial hand pollination project aimed at increasing cocoa yields...

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All Shareholders Must Agree To Delist CPC – COCOBOD

It appears that appeals to delist the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) from the Ghana Stock Exchange, may not be heeded...

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Cocoa Horizon Programme For Sustainable Cocoa Production

The Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Limited, a subsidiary of Barry Callebaut Group has embarked on a programme called “Cocoa...

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Ghanaians Urge To Develop Strong Taste For Cocoa Products

Mr. Joseph Boahene-Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cocobod, has encouraged Ghanaians to develop a strong taste...

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Venomous Centipedes Invade Homes, Farms In Juaboso Area

Thousands of poisonous centipedes have invaded farms and homes of over 170 settlements in the Juaboso District of the...

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GHC10bn ‘inherited Debt’ Impeding Operations

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Baidoo, has revealed that the cocoa buying...

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World Bank Report Cites Corruption For Low Cocoa Production In Ghana

The absence of transparency in fertilizer distribution and low farm gate prices hampered the effort of cocoa farmers in...