The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board(Cocobod), Mr. Joseph Boahene Aidoo, has hinted at conclusive discussions with President Nana Akufo-Addo to increase the price of cocoa in the coming months this year.
Currently, government buys one bag of cocoa beans from farmers at GH¢515.
The CEO said since the...
Last year was the third-worst this century for tropical tree-loss, according to new data released Tuesday by Global Forest Watch - an online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests.
There is, however, a sliver of good news: the world’s most important cocoa-producing countries, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, showed signs...
An Interview with the President of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN)
Since the beginning of 2022, one of the major announcements that dominated news within the cocoa chocolate sector was Nigeria's announcement to revive its cocoa sector with the ambition to overtake Ghana and Ivory Coast to become...
As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies, its full toll on agriculture is yet to be reckoned more fully. The restrictions on movement and the limited social interactions will strain livelihoods and the agricultural supply chain as access to inputs and extension support services by the already vulnerable...
About 1.5 million farmers to benefit
Guarantees a lump-sum payment to Cocoa Farmers upon retirement
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Cocoa Farmers’ Pension Scheme, which is expected to benefit an estimated 1.5 million cocoa farmers across the country.
Introducing the ‘3rd-tier retirement’ scheme ends the long-awaited call...
The amount of US$1,569,839 (GH¢7,294,572) budget that was released into COCOBOD’s Farmers’ Wards Scholarship Trust Fund for two academic years, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 has been misapplied, the 2020 Auditor General’s (AG) report has revealed.
The 2017/18 and 2018/19 Parliament approved budgets for assessment of the syndicated loan, which showed that...
The world’s two largest cocoa producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana have created a joint body to improve coordination in research, price setting and the fight against child labour, the Ivorian government said on Thursday.
The two countries, which produce around 60% of the world’s cocoa, have coordinated on some of...
Demeter Ghana Ltd., one of Ghana’s leading fertiliser manufacturer, has added on to its brands Polysulphate cocoa fertiliser – also known as ‘Asaase Hene’ – to boost cocoa production in the country.
Asaase Hene is a multi-nutrient sulphate cocoa fertiliser which Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) trials have shown...
There is high consumer demand for chocolate that is free from child labour and deforestation in the developed world.
The fourth edition of the Chocolate Scorecard surveyed the world’s biggest chocolate companies to find out how they are addressing key challenges in the cocoa-chocolate value chain.
This year’s scorecard ranked 83...
Nine Ghanaian cocoa farming unions have been awarded grants to invest in new climate-smart small businesses on behalf of their members, as part of a scheme implemented by Fairtrade Foundation.
Each new enterprise aims to pilot new ways for cocoa farmers to earn extra money to supplement their incomes and,...