First-ever fine flavour cocoa fermentation centre opens at Offinso
The first farmer-owned cocoa fermentation centre in Ghana under the Fine/Flavour cocoa production initiative of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has been opened at Offinso in the Ashanti Region.
The fermentation centre was jointly funded by Tachibana & Co. Ltd., Guittard Chocolate, Transroyal Ghana Limited and COCOBOD with technical support from the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG).
Speaking at a ceremony to officially hand-over the facility to the Fine Flavour Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative, the Executive Director of CRIG, Dr Isaac Yaw Opoku said the fermentation centre was built to ensure that the high quality of cocoa produced in the area was not compromised.
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BY: Hadiza Nuhhu-Billa Quansah
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Yara Ghana Limited, a leading name in the fertiliser industry in Ghana, has won the Agro Input Company of the Year and Agro Input Brand of the Year at the second edition of the Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra recently.
The company’s input packages for cocoa, which are the Asaase Wura and YaraLiva Nitrabor, were shortlisted among other cocoa fertiliser inputs and companies for the two competitive categories and came out tops at the event.
The award was received by the West African Regional Director of Yara International, Mr Danquah Addo-Yobo. Commenting on the award, he stated that Yara Ghana was pleased with the recognition given it, especially having won the Input Company of the Year Award for the second time running and the Agro Input Brand of the Year in the second edition.