President John Mahama has advised cocoa farmers in the country to cut down their old cocoa trees and go for free seedlings for replanting and assured farmers of continuous government support. “If...
Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased investment in seed development programmes and infrastructure upgrades should improve...
Thousands of women in rural communities in Central and West Africa are reaping the rewards from Nestle’s agricultural support and capacity-building programmes to increase their yields, crop quality...
A Deputy Minister of state, Sampson Ahi has defended the Mahama-led government for pegging the producer price of cocoa at 11.76 percent describing calls for a further increment as “irrational.”...
As part of measures to improve the livelihoods of farmers in cocoa communities, Nestlé Ghana, with its Create Share Value (CSV), has partnered the International Cocoa Initiative and the World Cocoa...
Some cocoa farmers at Suaman Dadieso in the Western Region have expressed concern about the alleged inability of Licensed Buying Companies (LBC's) to purchase their crops resulting in pilling up of...
She wants to take Ghana’s Chocolate industry by storm -- an XYZ Africa Exclusive By E. K.Bensah Jr The first thing almost everyone asks her is whether she is exporting -- to which she answers in...
Cocobod has announced that the 11.76% increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2016/2016 crop season is to motivate farmers and also curb the smuggling of the commodity to neighbouring La Cote...
Some cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region have expressed disappointment in government over what they describe as a ‘paltry’ increase in producer price of cocoa. The Deputy Minister of Finance, Ato...
Government has increased the producer price of cocoa from 6,800 cedis per tonne to 7,600 cedis per tonne for the 2016/17 cocoa season. This means every 64kg bag of cocoa beans will attract 475 cedis...
Government has reviewed upwards the producer price for cocoa at a ceremony to commemorate this year's national cocoa day in Tepa in the Ashanti Region. The new price will go for GHS 475.00 per bag,...
One million, four hundred and thirteen thousand, three hundred and thirty three (1,413,333) hectares of cocoa farms in the country have benefited from the free fertilizers under Ghana Cocoa Board’s...
HFC bank has announced plans to increase its investment in the cocoa sector from GH¢90 million to GH¢198.1 million in order to further augment the availability of funds to players in the sector....
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a $1.8billion cocoa syndicated loan agreement in Frankfurt, Germany, for the 2016/2017 cocoa crop year. The facility will go into the purchase of cocoa...
Citi Business News has gathered that Ghana will soon start inviting bids for the auctioning of the foreign-exchange proceeds from the Ghana Cocoa Board’s syndicated loans for the 2016/2017 crop...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it secured US$1.8 billion syndicated loan from a consortium of banks to allow it purchase cocoa beans for the 2016/2017 crop season beginning next month will hit Bank...
Allegations of discrimination in the supply of farm inputs to cocoa farmers have been denied by the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). Accusations swirled that cocoa farmers affiliated to the governing...
Boanna, a sleepy village in the heart of Brong-Ahafo close to Sunyani and Techiman, laid quietly in the afternoon sun with work done for the day. Women and Girls were standing under the Village Tree...
In the far distance she saw her Father coming that wanted to check on his Farm after having ensured the Truck Driver for the Yellow Mangoes in the Village had given the Women the correct price for...
Olam Ghana Limited has given over 1,000 cocoa farmer $1million interest-free loans in addition to the GHS4million premium it paid them for the 2015/2016 cocoa season. Head of Business at Olam Ghana...
