Ghana, Ivory Coast must unite to control global cocoa prices - ICCO

Business Feb 25
Top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana need to control supplies and join forces with other producing countries if they want to achieve higher prices, the head of the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) said.
Cocoa
Ivory Coast to reduce fees paid by domestic cocoa exporters
Business Jul 01
Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) is introducing reforms aimed at boosting domestic exporters, including by reducing fees they pay when acquiring beans, CCC and industry sources said.
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COCOBOD gives over 90,000 bags of fertilizers to farmers in Western North
Business Jun 02
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total 99,468 bags of Cocoa fertilizers to be distributed to 126 farmer cooperative groups within Wiawso and Akontombra districts of the Western North Region.
Cocoa
Ghana set for US$1bn cocoa revenue shortfall
Business Apr 08
Ghana’s cocoa revenue will experience a shortfall of US$1 billion as the Coronavirus pandemic has caused a decline in cocoa price on the world market.
Cocoa Farming in Ghana
Illegal Mining Jeopardizing Investments in Cocoa Production
Business Mar 10
Illegal mining is seriously hurting investments made by COCOBOD in cocoa production across the country. This is because cocoa farmers who have received various productivity enhancement programmes being implemented by COCOBOD, are now cutting down their cocoa trees and giving out their farm lands to illegal miners (galamsey).
Ghana Cocoa
Chocolate Danger: Ghana's Cocoa Output Hit Hard by Dry, Hot Winds
Business Feb 19
Overly dry and hot winds in West Africa are damaging prospects for cocoa output for the second year in Ghana, the world's second-largest producer, sources told Reuters News Agency.