Ghana’s cocoa farmers optimistic about bumper harvest in 2025/2026 season
Cocoa farmers in the world's second-biggest producer Ghana are expecting a bumper harvest for the upcoming 2025/2026 season, buoyed by improved flowering and pod...
TCDA introduces permit regime for palm oil imports; Effective July 14
The Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA) has announced a new regulatory framework requiring all importers of palm oil products to register and obtain a...
Transporting cocoa beans without authority: Four granted GH¢1.3 million bail
Four people have been put before the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly illegally transporting cocoa beans worth more than GH¢1,000, 000.
Kofi Boateng, a driver;...
Cocoa farmers renew push for 70% share of global cocoa price
Some Ghanaian cocoa farmers are renewing calls for the government to guarantee at least 70% of cocoa’s Free-On-Board (FOB) price as payment to local...
Cocoa producer’s price maintained despite Côte d’Ivoire hike – Cocobod
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced that the producer price of cocoa will remain unchanged for the 2025/2026 season.
In a letter to the...
Finding reliable stream of income: Rabiu Mohammed embraces cocoa farming.
While many retired footballers transition into coaching, punditry, or administration, former Black Stars midfielder Rabiu Mohammed has chosen a different path, agriculture.
The 35-year-old, known...
Ghana’s cocoa farmers lose $4,000 per ton as Cocobod’s debt climbs...
Ghana’s cocoa industry is in severe financial distress, with the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) accumulating GH¢32.5 billion in debt, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato...
Cocoa Farmers call for government intervention to save their farmlands
The livelihoods of some 2,000 cocoa farmers in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa district is hanging in the balance as a private investor has purchased 50,000-acres...
Government to pay Cocoa farmers 70% of World Market Price
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Eric Opoku, has announced that the government will offer cocoa farmers 70% of the world market price...
Ginger tops food inflation basket with 114% price hike
Ghanaian households are feeling the strain of rising food prices, despite a slight ease in the overall inflation rate for January.
The latest Consumer Price...
