African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed new investment strategies in Africa’s agriculture sector, which, if properly implemented, would effectively alter the market structures around the world...
Mr. Randy Boitey, the Eastern Regional Cocoa Extension Service Officer has said 400,000 hectares of cocoa farms are to be irrigated, this year, under a pilot project, launched by the government to...
A debt stock of about $100 million is crippling the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) located at Tema. West Africa’s largest local processor, CPC, which has been listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange...
The Board of Cocobod is considering buying off the shares of the Cocoa Processing Company of Ghana to forestall its collapse. This is one of the numerous proposals being considered by the board in...
The Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has emphasised government’s commitment to boost the capacity of existing companies in the country to ensure long term growth and the...
Some aggrieved cocoa farmers at Annorkrom in the Bia-West District of the Western Region, have asked the Produce Buying Company to facilitate the immediate payment for their cocoa beans it purchased...
Some aggrieved cocoa farmers at Annorkrom in the Bia-West District of the Western Region, have asked the Produce Buying Company (PBC) to facilitate the immediate payment for their cocoa beans it...
A study has ascertained that of all the factors driving deforestation in Ghana, agriculture is prime with cocoa cultivation being the leading cause of forest conversion in the high forest zone, while...
Chocolate addicts, it’s probably a good time to start stocking up. The treats may not be this cheap much longer. Cocoa’s 42 per cent slump over the last 12 months makes it the worst performer...
Three robbery suspects have been arrested by police in the Eastern Region for allegedly robbing some drivers in separate incidents on the Nsutam-Apedwa Highways. The suspects were apprehended by...
Police in the Eastern Region has arrested three suspects for allegedly robbing some drivers in separate incidents Nsutam-Apedwa Highways. The suspects were apprehended by some residents of Akyem...
A supply and value chain expert, Vincent Ebo Ocran, is proposing a partnership between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire as a measure to ensure a stabilisation of cocoa prices on the world market. He argued...
An investment banker, Dr Samuel Ankrah, has called on the government to take immediate steps to permanently plug the loopholes in the internal control systems at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahene-Aidoo, has urged major players in the cocoa chain to do more to promote cocoa as a beverage throughout the world....
Some cocoa farmers in the country have called on the government to halt the indiscriminate sale of cocoa farms to small – scale miners. According to the farmers, the sale and destruction of cocoa...
Farmers in the Western region say it is sweet surrender to give up their farms to 'big-money' buyers interested in exploiting it for gold. The farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the region...
Ghana may miss its cocoa production target for the 2017/2018 crop season if the weather pattern forecast by the Ghana Meteorological Service is anything to go by. The service has predicted severe...
The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez, and cocoa traders, such as Cargill and Olam, have agreed to co-operate in ending deforestation in key cocoa growing...
The Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, has attributed the country’s economic woes to the inability of its leaders and citizenry to...
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has expressed optimism that Ghana can reap huge benefits from its cocoa products by increasing local consumption...
