He spoke to JoyNews on the sidelines of a training event for executives within the Hotspot Intervention Areas (HIAs) under the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme aimed at building capacities to ...

Ghanaian cocoa buyer Federated Commodities PLC (FEDCO) has raised GHS72.5mn ($4.6mn) in the first tranche of its GHS200mn ($12.8mn) Commercial Paper programme, marking the first-ever listing on the ...

Major stock indexes rose on Thursday, with technology shares leading Wall Street higher as investors awaited further ...

“In Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, markets that represent around half of the global cocoa crop, there is clearly a strong upward trend in the risks associated with extreme heat,” he adde ...

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According to Rabobank, late-arriving rains in the region have limited crop growth, and recent cocoa farmer surveys from the Ivory Coast and Ghana have been disappointing. The mid-crop is the ...

Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

In the Ivory Coast and Ghana, home to about half the world’s cocoa production, prices are set by monopoly state buyers rather than the market. That explains why a Ghanaian farmer, receiving a ...

Mr Isaac Gyamfi, the Regional Director, Solidaridad West Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) says the impact of climate change continues threatening the livelihoods of farmers in the country.

Cocoa Beach expanded short-term rental regulations to include condos and multifamily properties. New annual fees are based on occupancy, with lower rates for multifamily units than single-family ...

In line with the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) forecasts, “we expect consumption of cocoa to decrease in the 2024/25 season, largely due to elevated prices weighing on demand.” ...