By Adnan Adams Mohammed Ghana’s drive to transform its cocoa sector from exporting raw beans to local processing has received a major boost, following a high-level strategic meeting between …
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The 75% Bloc: COCOBOD Chief rallies W/A nations to end ‘exporting raw poverty’ in historic cocoa revolution
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a bid to overturn a century-old economic contradiction, the Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Ransford A. Abbey, has made a …
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Crash Control: GH¢2.6bn disbursed to defuse cocoa crisis
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major bid to salvage the livelihoods of struggling cocoa producers, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced today that it has released GH¢2.6 billion to …
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COCOBOD clears GH¢2.6bn debts to LBCs as global cocoa price crash hits West African farmers
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major bid to salvage the livelihoods of struggling cocoa producers, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced today that it has released GH¢2.6 billion …
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‘Cocoa Farmer Accord’ fortified at Abidjan conference
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a historic consolidation of West African economic power, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have finalized a sweeping joint agreement to insulate the region’s cocoa sector from …
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Govt cushions cocoa farmers …maintains producer price for 2026 Light Crop Season amid global slump
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major move to shield local farmers from the volatile international commodities market, the Government of Ghana, acting through the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), …
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Revolutionary COCOBOD Operations: Deputy CEO outlines domestic financing framework for crop purchases
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major structural shift for Ghana’s agricultural economy, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is finalizing an advanced homegrown funding regime that will fund cocoa purchases …
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Gov’t to lay ‘radical’ COCOBOD reform bill in Parliament soon … amid IMF demands for flexible farmgate pricing
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In the most sweeping legislative intervention in the history of Ghana’s cocoa sector, the government is set to introduce a landmark bill in Parliament within the …
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IMF okays COCOBOD’s overhaul; demands farmgate prices align with world market to secure sector
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has strongly endorsed the sweeping structural reforms currently being aggressively pursued by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). However, to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of …
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Ghana to host prestigious World Cocoa Foundation partnership meeting next year
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsGhana has officially been announced as the host nation for the highly anticipated 2027 World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Partnership Meeting, positioning the country at the centre of the global commodities …