Cut Old Cocoa Trees and Go For Free Seedlings – Mahama To Farmers
President John Mahama has advised cocoa farmers in the country to cut down their old cocoa trees and go for ...
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Cocoa Production To Improve
Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased investment in seed development programmes ...
Galamsey Threatens Cocoa Production
The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to ...
Empowering Rural Women In Central and West Africa
Thousands of women in rural communities in Central and West Africa are reaping the rewards from Nestle’s agricultural support and ...
Nestlé Partners Groups To Support Cocoa Farmers
As part of measures to improve the livelihoods of farmers in cocoa communities, Nestlé Ghana, with its Create Share Value ...
Blame Government’s Fraud For Low Cocoa Price – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has accused government of engaging in fraudulent and corrupt practices that have resulted in low prices ...
Cocoa Farmers Lament Poor Sales
Some cocoa farmers at Suaman Dadieso in the Western Region have expressed concern about the alleged inability of Licensed Buying ...
Cocoa Producer Price Adjusted
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reviewed, upwards, the producer price of cocoa, from GH¢6,720 per tonne, to GH¢7,520 for ...
Cocoa Producer Price Increased To GH?7,520 Per Tonne
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reviewed upwards, the producer price of cocoa from GH?6,720.00 per tonne to GH?7,520 per ...
Galamsey Is Biggest Threat To Cocoa Production
Illegal mining remains the biggest challenge confronting cocoa farmers in their bid to increase production of the country’s leading cash ...
Stonebwoy Is Brand Ambassador For Cocoa Cultivation
Ghana’s contemporary international music icon, Stonebwoy, has hinted that he is adding farming to his occupation. Stonebwoy was crowned the ...
$74m Voted To Support Youth In Cocoa Sector
A $74 million project focusing on creating employment opportunities for young people in the cocoa sector has been launched. The ...
Greenstreet Lashes Out At Gov’t Over New Cocoa Producer Price
Presidential nominee for the Convention People’s Party, Ivor Greenstreet, says the new cocoa producer price announced by the government is ...
Cocobod Woos Youth Into Cocoa Growing
Cocobod has encouraged the youth to venture into cocoa growing to sustain the industry which has over the years kept ...
Ghana Pegs Cocoa Price Per Bag At Gh¢475
Government has announced an increment in cocoa price per bag from Gh¢425 to Gh¢475 effective October 1, 2016. A deputy ...
Govt Announces New Producer Price of Cocoa
Government has increased the producer price of cocoa from 6,800 cedis per tonne to 7,600 cedis per tonne for the ...
Government Increases Producer Price of Cocoa
Government has reviewed upwards the producer price for cocoa at a ceremony to commemorate this year's national cocoa day in ...
COCOBOD Gives Out 400, 000 Liters of Fertilizers
One million, four hundred and thirteen thousand, three hundred and thirty three (1,413,333) hectares of cocoa farms in the country ...
Additional $200m Loan Awaits COCOBOD
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a $1.8billion cocoa syndicated loan agreement in Frankfurt, Germany, for the 2016/2017 cocoa ...
Cocobod’s US$1.8bn Syndicated Loan Ready In Two-Weeks
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it secured US$1.8 billion syndicated loan from a consortium of banks to allow it purchase ...