The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) invested nearly a billion cedis last year to rehabilitate aged cocoa farms and those ravaged by swollen shoot diseases to help increase national production in the short- to medium-term.
The amount adds to similar spending in previous years to replace farms attacked by the virus,...
By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU
The domestic cocoa industry is witnessing encouraging results from ongoing reforms aimed at enhancing efficiency and financial viability, according to Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, Director-Economic Strategy and Research Division, Ministry of Finance.
Speaking at the Inaugural Quarterly Economic Roundtable, Dr. Iddrisu highlighted collaborative efforts between the Ministry of...
Solidaridad has formally ended the Cocoa Life programme's first phase with a series of engagements in programme communities and districts across the Eastern Region of Ghana.
The five-year programme, implemented between October 2018 and December 2023, focused on supporting cocoa-growing communities in strengthening their capacities to determine and achieve their...
The World Cocoa Farmers Organization (WCFO) Ghana chapter has presented a proposal to the Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, focusing on land tenure issues faced by cocoa farmers, particularly tenant farmers in the Western North Region of Ghana.
This presentation, held in Accra, aims to help farmers secure...
lowest since 2021
as trade surpluses mask lack of real growth
By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU
Cocoa exports plunged in the first quarter of 2024 - dampening growth of the country's trade surplus, fresh data have shown.
While the surplus is widening in nominal terms, this has been mainly due to rising...
In September, Equatorial Guinea will host the maiden edition of the Intra Africa Coffee and Cocoa Trade Week (IACCTW).
At a time that AFCFTA is all the rage, this event will seek to showcase the vast potential of intra-African trade, exemplified by the specific commodities of coffee and cocoa, as...
by: Nana Yaw Reuben
The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) and the Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD) says the time has come for action to reflect the will expressed by the European Union in the Brussels Declaration.
This 5th edition of the World Cocoa Conference focused on discussing equitable distribution...
…as 38 year old electrician is sentenced to 7 years for attempted smuggling.
The war against illicit activities of cocoa smuggling syndicates, which was launched by Ghana Cocoa Board with support from the state’s security agencies, continues to yield positive results.
Few days after the Krobo Odumase Circuit Court in the...
Tucci Ivowi, Chief Executive Officer of the GCX, delivered a compelling talk at the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
Titled "Transforming Africa's Cocoa Industry: The Case for an African Cocoa Exchange," Mrs. Ivowi highlighted critical issues plaguing Africa's cocoa sector and proposed strategic solutions to revolutionize its trajectory.
Africa stands...
West African leaders have been urged by Ghanaian cocoa farmers to take advantage of the soaring international market prices of cocoa to strengthen the sector.
The farmers say the trading and pricing mechanism has left many cocoa farmers in West Africa poor and hopeless.
Leticia Yankey, Founder and Chairperson of the...