Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Baidoo, has revealed that the cocoa buying organisation is heavily indebted to the tune of GH¢ 10 billion. According to him,...
The Asantehene, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II has offered himself as the promoter of Ghana’s cocoa as his contribution towards the campaign to inspire people to patronise cocoa products. The Asantehene...
The absence of transparency in fertilizer distribution and low farm gate prices hampered the effort of cocoa farmers in Ghana to plant more, a World Bank report has revealed. According to the report...
The technical committee of the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Joint Co-operation on Cocoa as begun a two-day meeting in Accra to discuss how to enhance farm level productivity, marketing and issues of...
Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang says government will embark on a mass spraying exercise of cocoa farms across the country in June this year (2017). According to Mr....
A World Bank report says the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has failed in stabilising farm gate prices at levels that permit farmers to earn an adequate return on their lands, labour and capital. The...
Government and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have pledged to support local cocoa processing companies in an effort to ensure that at least 50% of the country’s cocoa is processed. Hackman...
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...
Fertiliser subsidies for farmers has been implemented to improve yield of cocoa farms Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced fertiliser subsidies for farmers for the 2017 farming year. In a...
The government has distributed agro-chemicals to various farms in the southern part of Ghana to help fight the threatening army worm invasion. The distribution is being coordinated by the National...
Renowned businessman Dr Ishmael Yamson has criticised operations of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), indicating that it is not executing its mandate effectively. Dr Yamson, who was a guest on Class...
The Ghana Cocoa Board said the purchase of the 2016/2017 Main Crop Cocoa Season would cease at the close of business on Thursday, May 18, 2017. This was in a statement issued by the Chief Executive...
COCOBOD said the purchase of the 2016/2017 main crop cocoa season will end at the close Thursday The Ghana Cocoa Board said the purchase of the 2016/2017 Main Crop Cocoa Season will end at the close...
The Ghana COCOBOD has ruled out any significant impact of the army worm infestation on the output for cocoa for the 2016/2017 crop season. COCOBOD explains to Citi Business News it has managed the...
The Board Chairman of COCOBOD, Hackman Owusu Agyeman has expressed some misgivings at a multi-million dollar flats under construction in Tema Community 2 to house workers of COCOBOD. According to...
Plans to rake in GH¢3.92 billion from the cocoa sector this year are on the line, following a 17.7 per cent fall in prices of the soft commodity in the first three months of the year. After ending...
Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has denied ordering a brand new 2017 V8 Toyota Land Cruiser for his use as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), as alleged by some staff of the institution....
Chairman of the COCOBOD Hackman Owusu Agyemang has expressed dissatisfaction in the quality of the ongoing Cocoa Housing Project at Tema. COCOBOD is undertaking a 192 housing units project at Tema...
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 Chiefs and people of Akwapim Mampong in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region are threatening to cut down cocoa trees in the town and go into illegal mining, popularly known as...
