John Mahama, Ghana’s president, has stressed that COCOBOD, Ghana’s official cocoa board, is anticipated to lose approximately ...

Cocoa has long been one of Ghana’s main exports, central to the country’s development and poverty alleviation strategies since its independence in 1957. Presently, Ghana is the world's second largest ...

Dr Ahmad Jazayeri – [email protected] In recent months, global cocoa prices have reached record highs, crossing $10,000 per ton on international markets — a level unseen in modern history. Yet, ...

This chart shows the world's main cocoa bean producing and importing countries in 2024/2025 (in 1,000 tonnes).

A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has offered justifications for the policies and decisions that defined his administration. In an exclusive ...

Ghana has kept the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers unchanged, according to a letter from regulator Cocobod to licensed buyers seen by Reuters.

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has maintained the producer price for the 2025/2026 crop season. This was announced in a letter to the Licensed Cocoa Buyers’ Association of Ghana, following a ...

Smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana have launched an umbrella body, in a bid to have a stronger voice in decision-making processes in the sector, to ensure fair representation of their interest as key ...

Presenter Hazel Lindsey travels from England to West Africa, to investigate the use of child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana. She travels to the village of Akyem Ofoase, about five hours from ...