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Ivory Coast’s Cocoa Mid-Crop Supported by Adequate Moisture Despite Below-Average Rains

March 18, 2025 Geraldine Boechat 0

Farmers in Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, have reported that last week’s rainfall, despite being below average across most growing regions, has been […]

Ivory Coast’s Cocoa Harvest Likely to Mirror Last Season’s Levels, Says Minister

February 25, 2025 Geraldine Boechat 0

Cocoa production in Ivory Coast is expected to remain close to the disappointing levels of the previous season, according to the country’s Agriculture Minister, Adverse […]

Ghana: Opposition candidate John Mahama wins presidential election

December 9, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

In a testament to its tradition of peaceful political transitions, Ghana has elected opposition candidate John Mahama as its new President, with the ruling party’s […]

Fight against deforestation: Cocoa-producing countries ask EU to postpone law

September 27, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Cocoa-producing countries are requesting a two-year extension to comply with the EU’s upcoming deforestation regulation, which is set to take effect in three months. The […]

Ghana’s Cocoa Crisis Worsens as Delivery Delays Expected

June 13, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

According to five sources who spoke to Reuters, Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, is planning to postpone the delivery of up to 350,000 tons […]

Cameroon: chocolate-makers squeezed by high cocoa prices

May 7, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

At his plantation in Muyuka, southwest Cameroon, Chief Orok John diligently inspects his young cocoa plants, grappling with pod diseases that have plagued his crops […]

Ivory Coast Set to Raise Official Cocoa Farmgate Price

April 3, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

Ivory Coast, recognized as the premier cocoa exporter worldwide, is poised to elevate its official cocoa farmgate price from 1,000 CFA to 1,500 CFA francs […]

Ghana borrows $1.3 billion to boost cocoa exports

September 29, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

The Cocoa Board of Ghana (Cocobod), the agency that oversees the cocoa industry, will sign a $1.3 billion loan agreement with international banks this Thursday […]

Nigerian police destroy 255 hectares of cannabis farms

February 24, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

More than 250 hectares of cannabis fields were destroyed this week and 13 people arrested in Ondo State in southwestern Nigeria, the Nigerian Drug Law […]

Hershey’s and Mars accused of avoiding paying decent income differential to cocoa farmers in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire

December 1, 2020 Steven Addamah 0

Hershey’s and Mars, two American companies in the chocolate industry, are drawing the wrath of Abidjan and Accra. Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa regulators accuse them […]

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