The quest by Ghana to transform its economy through Agriculture continues to gain momentum under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Following the successful implementation of the food crop module of its flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, government is set to achieve yet another milestone...
An estimated US$400 million or more is expected to be used to address the ravaging Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD), and overaged or moribund cocoa farms, which have significantly affected the country’s cocoa production for some time now.
According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), about 40 percent of...
VC Media, the organisers Ghana Cocoa Awards an industry scheme that recognises and celebrates excellence has opened nominations for the 2nd Ghana Cocoa Awards with over thirty awards up for grabs and scheduled to close on October 16, 2020.
Ghana Cocoa Awards was instituted to shine the limelight on personalities...
Climate change and climate variability pose serious challenges to national development, especially agriculture - which is the backbone of the country’s economy.
Climate change leads to increases in temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in extreme weather conditions, and reductions in water availability - all resulting in reduction of agricultural...
International cocoa and chocolate scholar Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa has been appointed chair of the 3-member Advisory and Awarding Board of Ghana Cocoa Awards, an industry awards scheme.
Professor Afoakwa, who is also Interim Vice-Chancellor of Ghana Communication Technology University, shares the board with another scholar of the global cocoa...
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,...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, has once again raised a red flag over the menace of agrochemicals misapplication by farmers, indicating that the wrongful practice poses threats to sustainable cocoa production and productivity.
Over the years, the frequency of agrochemicals application, over- and under-use of pesticides and insecticides...
….as group launches cocoa advocacy initiative
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has at the launch of its new cocoa advocacy initiative trumpeted the urgent need for Ghana Cocoa Board to with immediate effect operationalise a welfare fund to support cocoa farmers.
The National President of GARDJA, Richmond...
Managing Director of Cocoa Merchants Ghana Limited (CML), Alhaji Abdul Fataa Adamu, has said efforts to ensure production of good quality cocoa beans while improving the livelihoods of farmers, through cocoa certification is significantly contributing to achieving cocoa production sustainability.
He observed that the “firm agreement made by top cocoa...