CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FINANCING IN GHANA
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Ghana asks European cocoa buyers to pay more for sustainable cocoa
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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ICE aims to help cocoa, coffee firms meet EU deforestation rule
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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Over 95% of Ghana Cocoa Safe From EU Ban
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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Ivorian, Ghanaian CSOs and farmers push for reforms in cocoa producer pricing
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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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
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,
GCCP Statement in response to COCOBOD CEO’s remarks in Switzerland about Cocoa-driven Deforestation
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
