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This Is Good News For Our Cocoa Sector

LAST week President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that Switzerland has agreed to assist Ghana to increase its...

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COCOBOD Debunks Minority Claims On Cocoa Price

COCOBOD has debunked assertions by the Minority group in Parliament that government is offering cocoa producers a...

Business

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...

News

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...

News

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...

Business

AfDB Explores Investment Strategies To Tilt Markets In Favour of African Farmers

African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed new investment strategies in Africa’s agriculture sector, which, if...

News

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...

Business

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...

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Cocoa Revenue To Drop Further Over Falling Global Prices – Agric Minister

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has predicted a further drop in revenue from cocoa for this year....

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Claims of Child Labour On Ghana Farms Overblown

Reports of Ghana using child labour on its cocoa farms are grossly exaggerated and not a true reflection of practices...

Business

Cocoa Shortage Looms In Ghana

Cocoa shortage is looming in Ghana as illegal diamond and gold mining activities are killing cocoa farms in mining...

Politics

Empowering Rural Women In Central and West Africa

Thousands of women in rural communities in Central and West Africa are reaping the rewards from Nestle’s agricultural...

Business

Calls For Additional Increase In Cocoa Price ‘irrational’ – Sampson Ahi

A Deputy Minister of state, Sampson Ahi has defended the Mahama-led government for pegging the producer price of cocoa...

Business

Nestlé Partners Groups To Support Cocoa Farmers

As part of measures to improve the livelihoods of farmers in cocoa communities, Nestlé Ghana, with its Create Share...

Business

COCOBOD Gives Out 400, 000 Liters of Fertilizers

One million, four hundred and thirteen thousand, three hundred and thirty three (1,413,333) hectares of cocoa farms in...

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Cocoa Smuggling To Côte d’Ivoire On The Rise As Ghana’s Cedi Falls Rapidly

The over 41% dip in the value of Ghana’s currency, the cedi, this year has caused many Ghanaian cocoa farmers to...