Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, together with other cocoa producing countries on the continent have announced plans to establish an African Cocoa Exchange (AfCX) that will serve as a platform for financing and trading cocoa proceeds. The exchange, which is expected to be operational this year should everything go according to plan aims to […]
‘Galamsey’ dwindling the interest of the youth in cocoa farming, a threat to future cocoa production
‘Galamsey’ dwindling the interest of the youth in cocoa farming, a threat to future cocoa production The upsurge in illegal small scale mining or ‘galamsey’ activities in some cocoa growing areas in the Ashanti and Western Region has occasioned a growing disinterest of the youth to engage in cocoa farming activities which threatens future cocoa […]