Ghana is one of the world’s major cocoa producers and for many years, cocoa production has been the backbone of Ghana’s economy, raking in several millions of dollars in foreign exchange annually. The sector is also very critical in job creation, particularly for the rural dwellers who are into cocoa farming and other value-chain activities.…
Operation 60 pods per tree, a strategy to increase yield has been launched at Nankese, a farming community near Akwadum in the Eastern Region. The approach is an intervention to help sustain cocoa industry and complement cocobod’s ongoing productivity programme (PEPs) Addressing farmer cooperatives at the launch, the Executive Director of the Cocoa Health and Extension…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme which aims to guarantee a decent pension for cocoa farmers in Ghana, so they can maintain a good standard of living after retirement. The scheme is in fulfilment of a 36-year-old provision in Section 26 of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Law 1984…
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…