COCOBOD has announced that it has received commitment from its trade partners to pay the US$400 Living Income Differential (LID) to farmers for the 2021/2022 cocoa crop season.
The LID was an initiative pushed by Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire to set aside a fixed amount of US$400 solely for...
Root Capital, an impact finance organisation, has given Kuapa Kokoo Co-operative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union Limited (KKFU) US$325,000 to aid its effort to fight COVID-19 among cocoa farmers.
The first tranche of the money, which has been released according to KKFU, has enabled the purchases and distribution of soaps,...
For the past 30 years, we have seen acclaimed sustainable certification organisations, telling the whole world that there is a need to fight for fairer trade for farmers across the Globe. One of such certifications is Fairtrade, which have indicated in their mission statement, as committed to connecting disadvantaged...
The Associate Executive Director of WACAM, Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, has stated that mining communities - especially cocoa farming areas - are being completely demolished as a result of weak laws and the lobby power of mining companies, which have emboldened them to bully farmers and local residents.
She stressed that mining...
Cocoa farmers in Ghana are improving yields and mitigating climate change by adopting climate-smart cocoa practices while curbing deforestation.
Ghana has earned US$4.8million for reducing nearly 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation - with up to US$45million expected by the end of...
There is a lot of indiscipline in our midst and people are having a field day getting away with almost anything.
Reports coming in from parts of Ashanti Region show that indiscriminate sand winning is affecting cocoa farming, as sand winners are having a field day in places like Effiduase,...
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire are the world’s biggest producers of cocoa but rely heavily on standards and regulations developed by the European Union, a situation which leaves the West African nations vulnerable, says Nico Roozen, Honary President of Solidaridad Network.
The EU is currently developing new standards for the cocoa...
unilaterally rolls over GH¢940m worth of bills
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has defaulted on payments of its matured 182-day bill for the first time, rolling over outstanding securities of GH¢940.4million, albeit without investors consent.
The development led to confusion and concern for investors expecting payments to be made on these...
Rainforest Alliance, an international non governmentalorganization, and it partners International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and Solidaridad Ghana, with funding from NORAD, have supported beneficiaries resident in the following seven communities: Asakyiri, Dejanso, Kusease, Subriso savior, Asokore, Bodoma and Aboaso of the Bekwai cocoa district in the Ashanti Region.
The support comes...
