Farmers Cut Down Cocoa Trees For Rubber
INVESTIGATIONS conducted by Today have it that Ghana will soon lose its position as the second largest Cocoa producing country ...
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Ghana Must Process 50 Percent of Cocoa – CEO COCOBOD
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has expressed optimism that Ghana can reap ...
Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Call Off Strike
On Thursday striking growers brandished documents showing buyers have not paid them Ivorian cocoa farmers have agreed to call off ...
Claims of Child Labour On Ghana Farms Overblown
Reports of Ghana using child labour on its cocoa farms are grossly exaggerated and not a true reflection of practices ...
Farmers Ask Government To Bring Back Akuafo Cheque System
The Ghana Cocoa Coffee and Shea-nut Farmers Association (GCCSFA) has appealed to the government to bring back the Akuafo Cheque ...
Part of Cocoa Fund To Fix Cocoa Roads
The Minister Designate for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako- Attah has hinted that portions of cocoa proceeds will be used ...
Part of Cocoa Fund To Fix Cocoa Roads- Amoako-Attah
The Minister Designate for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako- Attah has hinted that portions of cocoa proceeds will be used ...
ADI Proposes Major Cocoa Sector Reforms
The Alliance for Development and industrialization, (ADI), an advocacy group and think tank comprising new generation entrepreneurs and business executives, ...
ADI Proposes Major Cocoa Sector Reforms
The Alliance for Development and industrialization, (ADI), an advocacy group and think tank comprising new generation entrepreneurs and business executives, ...
Yara Ghana Appoints 1st Ghanaian Managing Director
Yara Ghana Limited., a leading fertilizer company, has appointed Mr. Danquah Addo-Yobo as the Managing Director to lead the vision ...
Government Support To Cocoa Farmers Unprecedented – Dr. Baah
Executive director of the Cocoa Health and Extension Division at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Francis Baah has lashed out ...
Cocoa Shortage Looms In Ghana
Cocoa shortage is looming in Ghana as illegal diamond and gold mining activities are killing cocoa farms in mining communities ...
Cocoa Futures Curtail Losses, Despite Surprise Drop In EU Grind
Cocoa processing volumes by European grinders recorded an unexpectedly weak finish to 2016 – although the data provoked only minimal ...
COCOBOD Moved To Agric Ministry ?
It appears the Nana Akufo-Addo government may move the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) from the supervision of the Ministry of ...
Cocobod Outlines Interventions To Boost Cocoa Production
Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has put in place a number of interventions and best agronomic practices to help ...
Cocoa Farmers Threaten To Blacklist Cocoa Buying Companies Over Cheating
Over 3,000 cocoa farmers in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region have threatened to blacklist licensed cocoa ...
COCOBOD Gives Fund To Qualified Buying Companies
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has released funds to qualified Licensed Buying Companies (LBC) to purchase cocoa for ...
Agriculture In The Gold Coast
Imagine how food and cash crops were produced in the 1900s. Peasant farming held sway at the time across the ...
Cocobod Released Funds For Purchases
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has debunked rumours circulating within the industry, that funds for the purchase of cocoa for ...
Cocobod Rejects Claims of Insufficient Funds To Purchase Cocoa
COCOBOD has rejected claims of not releasing sufficient funds to purchase cocoa for the 2016/2017 crop season. It follows reports ...