Ghana’s desire to increase cocoa production has suffered a major setback as it has been revealed that 40% of all cocoa trees in Ghana are not productive. Out of the 40%, 17% have been affected by...
The deputy minister of agriculture William Agyapong Quaittoo has hinted of government’s plan to agree with neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire on fixing cocoa price at the international market. The move...
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...
Broadcaster and host of the morning show on Madina-based Oman FM and NET2 Television, Fiifi Boafo has quit the media. According to Myjoyonline.com sources the Broadcaster has taken up a new post as...
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has directed the re-establishment of the Economic, Trade and Investment Bureau (ETIB) at the Ministry. She...
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....
Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Prof Michael Aaron Ocquaye, has welcomed the 275 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the second meeting of the first session after rising for a month-long Easter...
The two men who impersonated former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen K. Opuni have been handed a total of seven years imprisonment. The convicts, Christian...
The two men who impersonated former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen K. Opuni have been handed a total of seven years imprisonment. The convicts, Christian...
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...
Organisers of an anti-corruption demonstration aimed at compelling the government to retrieve stolen funds from former public office holders have given the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)...
Former President John Mahama has criticised the “mass sacking of workers by the NPP government.” In two tweets on Friday, he condemned the act; describing it as a bad precedent for Ghana’s...
Former President John Mahama has condemned the “mass sacking” of public sector workers by the Akufo-Addo administration. According to Mr. Mahama, the dismissals set a bad precedent for governance...
Former President John Mahama has condemned the “mass sacking” of public sector workers by the Akufo-Addo administration. According to Mr. Mahama, the dismissals set a bad precedent for governance...
Renowned broadcast Journalist, Fiifi Boafo has ended his almost decade relationship with Accra-based Oman Fm owned New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Ohene Agyepong and operated by Kencity...
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...
