As the new cocoa season begins on Friday 8th September 2023, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is set to announce new cocoa farm gate prices for the 2023/2024 light crop season. In line with this, the Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) in a press conference on Wednesday in Accra has demanded a 72.5% increase in the cocoa […]
The Sustainability Lie: Many companies in the cocoa and chocolate industry engaged in greenwashing – Cocoa Barometer 2022
The Sustainability Lie: Many companies in the cocoa and chocolate industry engaged in greenwashing – Cocoa Barometer 2022 The Cocoa Barometer 2022 report administered by the VOICE Network has indicated that many companies in the cocoa and chocolate industry are engaging in ‘greenwashing’. The report posits that if the generally accepted definition of sustainable development […]
Ghana Increases Cocoa Producer Prices for the 2022/2023 Crop Season
Ghana Increases Cocoa Producer Prices for the 2022/2023 Crop Season The Minister for Food and Agriculture on Wednesday 5, October 2022 announced a 21% increase in cocoa prices for the 2022/23 crop season. The current price per 64kg bag of cocoa, which stands at GH¢660 will now be sold at GH¢800, effective Friday 7, October […]