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‘Even getting money to buy fertiliser is a problem’ – Cocoa farmers decry economic hardship, low wages
Cocoa, one of Ghana’s major foreign exports, is the backbone of the country’s economy. As a commodity that generates millions...
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Cocoa industry remains key to economy — GTA boss
Mr Akwasi Agyeman, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority says the cocoa industry remains critical to the local...
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Price of eggs goes up following rising cost of feed
The price of eggs in the Bono Region, considered to be one of the hubs for the production of the...
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Galamsey and timber merchants destroying cocoa trees – Chief Farmer
Mr Yaw Biredu Boateng, the Chief Cocoa Farmer for New Nsutam in the Eastern Region, has called for the protection...
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We suspended free fertiliser programme to curb smuggling – COCOBOD
Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD, Fiifi Boafo, has said the cocoa regulatory body halted its free fertiliser programme to fight...
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ADI projects US$5 billion from cash crop and 1.5 million jobs
With Ghana’s economy shrinking by 3.2 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2020, the Alliance for Development...
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Ghana raises cocoa farmers’ pay by 21% after premium surcharge
Ghana has raised its farm gate price for cocoa by 21% after implementing a US$400 per metric ton premium on...
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Ivory Coast to hike farm gate cocoa prices 21% this season
Ivory Coast plans to increase the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by more than 21% to 1,000 CFA...
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Food drives consumer inflation down to 10.5% in August
Consumer inflation for August 2020 declined to 10.5 percent from 11.4 percent in July 2020, data from the Ghana Statistical...
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TIAST Group, Stanbic Bank sign MOU to boost cassava industry
TIAST Group, an agricultural and processing machinery and Stanbic Bank on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to finance buyers...
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