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The Eastern Regional Manager of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Abdul Majeed Mumuni, has called on cocoa farmers and land owners to protect cocoa farms against

What is February without chocolate? The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), with support from its members, donated a variety of chocolate products to the Ghana Cocoa…

A women and Cocoa Communities Initiative has been launched in Accra to empower women and young adults in rural cocoa producing communities in the Ashanti and Western North Regions. Known as the “TogetHER” Project, the goal is to contribute towards closing the gender gap in the cocoa sector, address environmental…

Cocoa Industry Under Threat - Illegal Miners Destroy Rehabilitated Farms

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has lost GHS4.8 billion worth of investment in 35 hectares of cocoa farms to illegal mining (galamsey) activities at Boinso in the Western Region. The investment covered the planting of new cocoa trees and plantain suckers, compensations to landowners and farmers, extension services,…

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has lost GHS4.8 billion worth of investment in 35 hectares of cocoa farms to illegal mining (galamsey) activities at Boinso in the Western Region. The investment covered the planting of new cocoa trees and plantain suckers, compensations to landowners and farmers, extension services,…

Cocoa Industry Under Threat - Illegal Miners Destroy Rehabilitated Farms

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has honoured 15 visually impaired cocoa farmers from three cocoa-producing regions for their immense contribution to the success of the cocoa industry in Ghana. The farmers, aged between 50 to 78 years have been working for 15 to 60 years with seven of them still…

AFDB, JICA Assure Ghana For Further Support To Improve The Cocoa Industry

AFDB, JICA Assure Ghana For Further Support To Improve The Cocoa Industry