Tag: Cocoa minimum price
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2018 National Best Cocoa Farmer lauds reforms in cocoa sector
The 2018 National Best Cocoa Farmer, Charles Gyamfi has described the recent reforms undertaken by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and its counterpart in Ivory Coast, such as agreeing on an additional four hundred dollars per tonne price for cocoa, as critical for boosting interest in Cocoa farming. The two countries moved to ensure that the price…
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Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire announce more cash for cocoa farmers
Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have announced a US$400 per tonne (Living Income Differential) to be paid to cocoa farmers, as part of a set of measures they believe will further cushion cocoa farmers — having already agreed to a minimum price for a tonne of cocoa sometime last month. A meeting in Accra between the…