Environmental effects of cocoa production

News

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,...

News

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...

Business

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,...

Business

Cocoa Farmers Schooled On “CSSVD”

Mr Seidu Mahama, Suhum Municipal Best Farmer for two successive years, has called on traditional authorities to assist...

News

Study Identifies Farming In Forest Reseves As Lead Cause of Deforestation

A study has ascertained that of all the factors driving deforestation in Ghana, agriculture is prime with cocoa...

Business

Nestle, Others Agree To End Deforestation In Ghana, Ivory Coast

The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez, and cocoa traders, such as Cargill and...

Business

Farmers Ask Government To Bring Back Akuafo Cheque System

The Ghana Cocoa Coffee and Shea-nut Farmers Association (GCCSFA) has appealed to the government to bring back the...

Opinion

There Is Power In Cocoa

Ghana, and West-Africa, has not understood the true and real value of Cocoa, thinking it is a nice supreme cash crop to...

Business

COCOBOD Outlines Interventions To Boost Cocoa Production

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has put in place various interventions and best agronomic practices to help double...

Business

Cocobod Outlines Interventions To Boost Cocoa Production

Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has put in place a number of interventions and best agronomic...

Top Stories

Cut Down Old Cocoa Trees—Prez Mahama Tells Farmers

President John Mahama has advised cocoa farmers in the country to cut down their old cocoa trees and go for free...

Top Stories

Cut Old Cocoa Trees and Go For Free Seedlings – Mahama To Farmers

President John Mahama has advised cocoa farmers in the country to cut down their old cocoa trees and go for free...

Business

Cocoa Production To Improve

Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased...

Business

UNDP Mitigates Impacts of Climate Change In Cocoa Growing Areas

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under its five year project to mitigate the effects of climate change...

Feature

Unbelievably: Cocoa Farmers from the Ivory Coast Tasting Chocolate for the First Time

Cocoa bean farmers are at the bottom of a global supply chain that stands "firmly against ." Because the traders,...