Tag: cocoa
Akufo-Addo stings Mahama over cocoa production
Ghanaian president Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo has thrown a challenge to his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama, to
name a single policy his erstwhile government introduced to...
I feel sorry and sad for cocoa farmers – Mahama
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama has described as sheer wickedness President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to stop...
Chocolate maker Mars backs Ivory Coast, Ghana cocoa floor price
U.S. food maker Mars Inc. supports a decision by Ivory Coast and Ghana to set a floor price for their cocoa exports, a senior...
Farmers commend Ghana government on Floor Price for Cocoa
The Ghana Cocoa Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association has expressed gratitude to government for setting the floor price for cocoa at $2,600 per metric...
Ghana opens cocoa light crop season June 21
Ghana Cocoa
Board (COCOBOD) has announced purchasing for cocoa light crop will open Friday,
June 21, 2019 at the same price it pays farmers at GHC...
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire committed to getting higher prices for Cocoa Farmers...
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia, has underscored the Ghana Government’s commitment to improving the living
standards of cocoa farmers by ensuring they receive...
Be business minded – COCOBOD CEO to farmers
The CEO of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has charged cocoa farmers to be business minded in operating their farms.
Also, he charged...
Ghana’s biggest cocoa buyer seeks $100m amid Bond default
PBC Ltd., Ghana’s biggest cocoa buyer, seeks to raise $100 million from international banks to help pay off cedi debt that matured late December.
The...
Ghana can’t reduce cocoa prices – Cocobod to IMF
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says the call by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it should reduce the producer price of cocoa “makes...
