Tag: AfDB COCOBOD Credit Facility
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COCOBOD embarks on digitization drive with launch of Cocoa Management System
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in its attempt to collate and leverage data on cocoa famers across the country for the purposes of transparency and effectiveness, has launched the Cocoa Management System (CMS). The system, which will become operational in the next 12 months, is expected to cost government about $ 10.7 million dollars. The…
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COCOBOD targets 1.5 million tonne rise in cocoa production within five years
Management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says the successful implementation of earmarked programs under the $600 million AfDB credit facility, should increase the country’s annual cocoa production from about 900,000 metric tonnes to 1.5 million within the next five to seven years. The agreement for the facility which was signed in November 2019, is…