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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 […]

Ghana to make country food self-sufficient—President Akufo Addo

May 31, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo Addo on Wednesday said plans are ongoing to make the West African nation food self-sufficient and reduce the huge food import […]

Ghana: Cocoa Board debt reaches $2.2 billion

June 12, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Ghana’s cocoa board this weekend said it has accumulated $2.2 billion in debt after the nation missed its production target in the previous season. The […]

Ivory Coast to reduce 2017 Budget on low cocoa prices

April 20, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday announced plans to cut the 2017 budget of the west-African nation by 10 percent due to a sharp drop […]

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