European cocoa buyers must be ready to pay more for cocoa beans that meet the region’s looming sustainability rules, key grower Ghana warned. Ivory Coast and Ghana which produce two-thirds of the chocolate ingredient, are having to set up systems to comply with new European Union (EU) regulations that ensure products are not grown on […]
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Cocoa prices surged to the highest in 46 years on the Intercontinental Exchange in London on Wednesday as bad weather in West Africa threatened production prospects for the main suppliers of the primary raw material used to make chocolate. The benchmark September contract for cocoa in London gained more than 2% on Wednesday to 2,590
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LONDON/BRUSSELS, June 13 (Reuters) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE.N) plans a traceability service to help cocoa and coffee firms comply with a new EU law preventing the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The law, expected to come into effect around end-2024, will require companies selling commodities in the European Union to produce a due diligence
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Ghana risks losing its major foreign exchange earner cocoa, due to a combination of factors such as illegal mining, accumulated losses and major developments by some advanced countries to aggressively grow and export the crop. The Ghana Cocoa Board which is mandated to supervise the production and export of cocoa in the country is reeling
The availability of quality and improved planting materials for smallholder farmers in the cocoa sector of Liberia remains a primary concern of the Liberian government in promoting productivity in the secto
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Ghana has surpassed Ivory Coast in cocoa production over the half year 2022/23 crop season, according to the latest Cocoa Market Report by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO).
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The Minority in Parliament has accused the Ghana COCOBOD of misinforming the public and peddling falsehood.Their accusations come in defense of former President John Mahama’s claims about Ghana’s cocoa sector.John Mahama had9 stated that Ghana’s cocoa sector is on the brink of collapse due to the government’s mismanagement. The ranking Member on Parliament’s Food, Agriculture,
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The Former President, John Mahama claims the country’s cocoa sector is on the verge of collapse because of the mismanagement of the sector by the government.
Minority defends Fmr. President Mahama on his claims about the cocoa sector. Read More »
Cocoa Farmers Taking Part In Sustainability Not Well Compensated
Cocoa Farmers Taking Part In Sustainability Not Well Compensated Read More »
Cocoa farmers in Ghana can heave a sigh of relief as the European Union (EU) has clarified that the majority of cocoa from the West African country is at no risk of an EU market ban. Legislation passed in December by the EU parliament seeks to ban some commodities linked to deforestation, including cocoa, coffee,
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