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GCCP-PICD Joint Statement on Fairtrade’s New Cocoa Reference Price

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The Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD) and the Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) express deep concern over Fairtrade’s new cocoa Living Income Reference Prices. The platforms, representing numerous cocoa farmers and cooperatives, question the unrealistic yield assumptions used in both country’s which they deemed far removed from field realities. Despite the importance of […]

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The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) urges COCOBOD to reassess its cocoa forward sales policy.

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The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has urged the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to reconsider its forward sales cocoa marketing system in light of the surging market prices. This system entails contractual agreements between cocoa producers and buyers for the exchange of cocoa beans or products at a predetermined price at a future date, serving

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Farmers express gratitude towards Cocoa Abrabopa Association and Ritter Sports for their livelihood interventions.

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The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA), a farmer organization, has forged a partnership with Alfred Ritter GmbH, a chocolate manufacturer renowned for the Ritter Sports brand. The collaboration aims to provide additional support to farmer groups in the Western South cocoa region, facilitating sustainable cocoa production through various livelihood interventions. This support initiative encompasses crucial elements

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Ghanaian cocoa farmers face challenges due to shortage of funds, according to BBC report

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Ghana’s cocoa farmers are expressing dissatisfaction with their financial situation, attributing their plight to the Cocoa Board (Cocobod), the entity mandated by law for their produce transactions. Farmers argue that Cocobod, responsible for purchasing their cocoa, has treated them unfairly, with Anane Boateng, the president of the Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association, asserting that despite

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Rainforest Alliance and its collaborators contribute to addressing poverty in vulnerable cocoa communities.

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Rainforest Alliance, an international non-governmental organization, along with its partners, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and Solidaridad Ghana, supported beneficiaries residing in seven communities: Asakyiri, Dejanso, Kusease, Subriso Savior, Asokore, Bodoma, and Aboaso in the Bekwai cocoa district in the Ashanti Region. This support, funded by NORAD, aimed to empower individuals to start their businesses,

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