Cocoa Cultivation; COCOBOD to supply farmers with Omya Calciprill fertilizers to tackle soil acidity
As part of efforts to promote cocoa production, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has entered into a partnership with Belt ...
Tag: Cocoa Production
COCOBOD targets 1 million metric tonnes of Cocoa following the introduction of Living Income Differential
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it is expecting a harvest of one million metric tonnes of cocoa for the ...
Cocoa farmers to benefit from Digitized Weighing System; says Cocobod
Cocoa farmers in the country have been assured of the commencement of the Digitized Weighing Scale system. The assurance was ...
Cocoa beans export increase marginally
Ghana has exported 596,000 tonnes of cocoa beans as at the end of January, 2020. Figures reflect a marginal increase ...
Windfall at 2020/21 cocoa sale: Ghana bags extra $40m
Ghana has earned $40 million extra revenue from the sale of cocoa beans for the 2020/21 crop season to be ...
Ghana’s cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry
The chocolate industry is worth more than $80 billion a year. But some cocoa farmers in parts of West Africa are poorer ...
COCOBOD distributes over 100,000 coffee seedlings to farmers
The Seed Production Division of COCOBOD and the Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly have joined force to distribute 123,360 coffee seedlings ...
Chocolate Makers Face Sustainability Dilemma Over Farmers’ Pay
Chocolate makers are facing an ultimatum -- either support a contentious plan to raise the pay of impoverished farmers, or ...
BoG receives first tranche of cocoa syndicated loan for 2019/2020
The Bank of Ghana has confirmed receipt of the first tranche of the US$1.3 billion cocoa syndicated loan for 2019/2020 ...
Gov’t set Cocoa producer price at GHC8,249 per tonne
The government of Ghana has set the cocoa producer price for a ton at GH¢8,249. This represents an 8 percent increase ...