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Cocoa Farmers in Ghana want 72% increase in farm-gate price

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Cocoa farmers in Ghana are urgently appealing to the government for a significant increase in the farmgate price of their cocoa produce. Their primary reasons include addressing poverty among farmers, curbing cross-border smuggling, and combating illegal mining activities on cocoa farms. These farmers, organized under the Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP), recently held a press […]

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Ghana asks European cocoa buyers to pay more for sustainable cocoa

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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

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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 cocoa sector: COCOBOD accumulates losses, Non-producing countries start production

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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

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Minority descends on COCOBOD over Mahama’s claims

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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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