Cocoa production

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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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I See Loopholes In Prof. Perbi Narrative About Tetteh Quarshie

The standard historical record is that Mr. Tetteh Quarshie, the half-Akan and half-Ga native, if memory serves me...

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Wassa East District Finds Solutions To Fighting Fall Army Worms

The Wassa East District in the Western Region has so far received and distributed a total of 156 litres of three...

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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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Farmers Soon To Claim Ownership of Commercial Trees

A Tree Tenure Policy would soon roll-out to provide farmers the legal right to claim ownership of commercial trees...

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Ghana To Buy Shares In Cadbury, Nestle and Other International Food Companies

The Ghana government is considering buying shares in international food companies that process cocoa aimed at...

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Oversupply Forecasts Dip Cocoa Prices

A fall in cocoa prices on the world market is weighing on revenues after Ghana missed its production target. The Ghana...

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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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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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Ghana Cocoa Board Debt Reaches $2.2 Billion As Prices Slump

Ghana’s cocoa regulator said it is 10 billion cedis ($2.2 billion) in debt after the nation missed its production...

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COCOBOD Launches Artificial Pollination Programme

A Hand Pollination Piloting Program has been launched by the Ghana Cocoa Board to boost production of cocoa to 1million...

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40% of Cocoa Trees To Be Cut; No Bonuses For Farmers

Ghana’s desire to increase cocoa production has suffered a major setback as it has been revealed that 40% of all...

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Let’s Reverse the Bad Image of Cocobod

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has tasked the staff of the Board to...

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40% of Cocoa Trees To Be Cut, No Bonuses For Farmers

Ghana’s desire to increase cocoa production has suffered a major setback as it has been revealed that 40% of all...

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Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire To Fix Cocoa Price Index – Deputy Minister Hints

The deputy minister of agriculture William Agyapong Quaittoo has hinted of government’s plan to agree with...