Repositioning Nigeria’s cocoa export for global competitiveness
By Joe ITAH That the world economy is driven by knowledge and technology with some developed countries of the world running trillion
Cocoa posts higher future prices, rising 5.5% above trading speculations
Cocoa futures were higher on Wednesday, boosted by a stronger-than-expected first quarter grind in Europe. Europe’s
Ghana may struggle to repay lenders’ $1.3bn cocoa loan, unlikely to meet crop target
Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the chief executive officer of Ghana Cocoa Board said Monday that the country may struggle to fully pay back
Sugar, coffee prices ease as cocoa futures resume climb
Cocoa futures rose on Monday as the market resumed its advance after toppling from multi-month peaks in the prior session while sugar
Ivory Coast loses 125,000 tons of cocoa to smuggling
Ivory Coast lost an estimated 125,000 metric tons of cocoa this season through the smuggling of beans to neighboring countries where
Policy stimulus needed for cocoa production, processing in Nigeria
By Ade Adefeko Theobroma Cacao, better known as cocoa is a crop that has been in the consciousness of Nigerians long before
Ghana delays start of cocoa season as it awaits loan funds
Ghana will delay the start of the new cocoa season as it waits for the proceeds of a $1.3 billion syndicated loan to pay farmers,
Cocoa prices crashed, smugglers still making money
Much of Jamilatu Mohammed’s harvest of cocoa beans is sitting in a storage shed near her dilapidated mud house along Ghana’s western
Cote d’Ivoire to lift cocoa farm price, hold export tax, sources reveal
Cote d’Ivoire is close to agreeing to an increase in the minimum price paid to cocoa farmers to 750 CFA francs (1.40 dollars) per
Ivory Coast fears a fifth of cocoa crop may be lost to smuggling on farmers’ pay discrepancy with neighbor, Ghana
Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator has forecast that the nation may lose a fifth of its cocoa crop to smuggling during the next harvest if