Global cocoa production faces mounting environmental and economic challenges. Despite long-term global demand, cocoa producers are confronting the triple challenge of increasing productivity on...
DEERFIELD, Ill., U.S. – Mondelēz International yesterday announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, Ghana Cocoa Board...
Cargill has recently inaugurated a new solar power facility at its Cocoa & Chocolate site in Tema, Ghana. This energy project contributes to Cargill’s...
MOSCOW, Russian Federation – Moscow will host about 150 local and foreign companies from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America this month to showcase...
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has secured the budget for the purchase of cocoa beans for the 2017/2018 crop season. This follows the approval of a syndicated loan by Parliament on Wednesday ...
GHANA – Cargill has made its first-ever sustainable premium payment by electronic transfer to cocoa farmers in Ghana. Just over 10,000 farmers are benefiting...
Ghana appears to have a dream of becoming a coffee exporter. But that dream seems as remote as it can possibly be, considering the robust global coffee market and the unrelenting competitiveness of the market leaders. “Exports in the first eight months of coffee year 2016/17 (Oct/16 to May/17) have increased by 5 per cent to ...
ACCRA, Ghana – Ghana and Switzerland have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at increasing cocoa production and adding value to raw cocoa beans. The two countries have also agreed to increase their volume of trade in the areas of gold and cocoa from Ghana and chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other products from Switzerland.
ACCRA, Ghana – Reports chanced upon by APA on Monday indicates that Ghana has suffered big losses in cocoa revenues due to a slump in world prices. The price of cocoa has fallen by almost 20 percent over the last from six months, as global production has increased by 15 percent.