Ghana Cocoa Board Calls For Remedy For Falling Cocoa Prices
Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has called for measures to remedy the falling ...
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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 cocoa production ...
COCOBOD Debunks Minority Claims On Cocoa Price
COCOBOD has debunked assertions by the Minority group in Parliament that government is offering cocoa producers a terrible deal by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire on ...
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 properly implemented, would effectively alter ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Cocoa Shortage Looms In Ghana
Cocoa shortage is looming in Ghana as illegal diamond and gold mining activities are killing cocoa farms in mining communities ...
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 support and ...
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 at ...
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 Value ...
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 the country ...
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 ...