COCOA

Ivorian, Ghanaian CSOs and farmers push for reforms in cocoa producer pricing

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There is no doubt that the sustainability of the global multi-billion-dollar delectable chocolate industry hinges on the welfare of small scale cocoa farmers mostly in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Therefore, as a step towards pushing for the well-being of local cocoa producers and small local processors, farmers and civil society coalitions on cocoa in the

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FIRST GLOBAL COCOA FARMERS CONFERENCE ACCRA DECLARATION

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Accra, 27 September, 2018–Released today, following input from about 200 participants representing diverse stakeholders in the cocoa value chain who attended the First Global Cocoa Farmers Conference in Accra, the conference Declaration, included; Cocoa farmers from across the globe made it clear that the cocoa sector will not be business as usual during the just

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A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY GHANA BEST COCOA FARMERS AT THE END OF THE FIRST EDITION OF GLOBAL COCOA FARMERS CONFERENCE HELD ON 26-27TH September, 2018 AT ALISA HOTEL

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Lucy Addai-Poku, Martha Addai, Agyenim Boateng Agyapong, Nicholas Kwabeng, Osei Amoako 1, Mr Osman Yakubu, Nana Johnson Afriyie, Nana Kwame Gyau, Nana Opoku Gyamfi, Op Adu Tabiri, Op Kwaku Adu, Emmanuel Agyei, Ernest Sarkodie, Isaac Appiah, Nkrumah Gabriel, Nana Johnson Mensah, Nana Joseph Kojo Gyamera, Nana Nicholas Kwabena, Nana Yaw Boateng, Op Yaw Obeng Abraham Adusei,

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GCCP Statement in response to COCOBOD CEO’s remarks in Switzerland about Cocoa-driven Deforestation

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A recent Global Forest Watch report1 indicate that between 2017 and 2018 Ghana’s rate of deforestation rose by 60%, the highest in the world. The same report singled out agricultural expansion (in the middle and southern belt of Ghana) and mining (in the north) as leading in this unfortunate state of affairs. These causes, as suggested

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