Cocoa production
Otumfuor Volunteers To Be ‘Cocoa Ambassador’
The Asantehene, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II has offered himself as the promoter of Ghana’s cocoa as his contribution...
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...
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire Meet On Cocoa Production
The technical committee of the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Joint Co-operation on Cocoa as begun a two-day meeting in Accra to...
COCOBOD To Begin Mass Spraying of Cocoa Farms In July 2017
Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang says government will embark on a mass spraying exercise...
COCOBOD Failed Farmers
A World Bank report says the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has failed in stabilising farm gate prices at levels that...
COCOBOD To Support Local Cocoa Processing Firms
Government and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have pledged to support local cocoa processing companies in an effort to...
27 Cocoa Growing Centres To Be Irrigated
Mr. Randy Boitey, the Eastern Regional Cocoa Extension Service Officer has said 400,000 hectares of cocoa farms are to...
Cocoa Farmers To Benefit From Fertilizer Subsidies
Fertiliser subsidies for farmers has been implemented to improve yield of cocoa farms Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has...
Strategy In Place To Combat Army Worms
The government has distributed agro-chemicals to various farms in the southern part of Ghana to help fight the...
Cocobod Conduit For Corruption
Renowned businessman Dr Ishmael Yamson has criticised operations of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), indicating that it...
COCOBOD Closes Main Crop Cocoa Season May 18
The Ghana Cocoa Board said the purchase of the 2016/2017 Main Crop Cocoa Season would cease at the close of business on...
2016/2017 Cocoa Buying Season Ends On Thursday
COCOBOD said the purchase of the 2016/2017 main crop cocoa season will end at the close Thursday The Ghana Cocoa Board...
Army Worm Invasion Will Not Reduce Cocoa Output – COCOBOD
The Ghana COCOBOD has ruled out any significant impact of the army worm infestation on the output for cocoa for the...
COCOBOD To Review Multi-Million Dollar Flats Under Construction
The Board Chairman of COCOBOD, Hackman Owusu Agyeman has expressed some misgivings at a multi-million dollar flats...
GHc3.9billion Cocoa Target Under Threat
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...
Hackman Denies Buying Land Cruiser
Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has denied ordering a brand new 2017 V8 Toyota Land Cruiser for his use as the Board Chairman...
Hackman Owusu-Agyemang Condemns Shoddy Work In COCOBOD Housing Project
Chairman of the COCOBOD Hackman Owusu Agyemang has expressed dissatisfaction in the quality of the ongoing Cocoa...
CPC Collapsing Over $100m Debt
A debt stock of about $100 million is crippling the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) located at Tema. West Africa’s...
We’ll Cut Down Our Cocoa Trees and Go Into Galamsey – Angry Mampong Chiefs Threaten
The Chiefs and people of Akwapim Mampong in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region are threatening to cut...