Cocoa production has increased in certain African countries as growing areas expand at the expense of forests, but online ...

Ghana’s cocoa production dropped by nearly 50 per cent in the past three years, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Minister of Finance, said on Tuesday. Presenting the 2025 Budget and Economic Policy Statement in ...

“Cocoa is a market where the grower produces a very high-value good but receives a very low share of the actual value chain.

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has stated that cocoa production in Ghana has declined by nearly 50% over the past three years, making it difficult for the Ghana Cocoa Board ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ghana’s cocoa deliveries to warehouses are running roughly 70% ahead of last season helped by an increased harvest and efforts to reduce smuggling in the second-biggest producer ...

But there could be a more sinister contributing factor. Ghana’s illegal gold mining sector, locally called ‘galamsey’, is having a significant impact on cocoa prices, the FT reported. Many cocoa ...

As a result, processing plants in countries such as Ghana and Ivory Coast have stopped ... dozen products sold in Germany. It ...

Smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana have launched an umbrella body to amplify their voices in decision-making processes within the sector and ensure fair representation of their interests as key ...

Cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's two biggest cocoa-producing countries, said spotty rainfall over the past two weeks has been insufficient for tree regeneration and flowering.

According to Citi, even a potential 2024/25 supply recovery largely depends on the Ivory Coast and Ghana cocoa bean production rebounds. Analysts see 685kt of cumulative deficits over the past ...