Cocoa Farming in Ghana: Are large-scale commercial farms the answer to declining yields?
Ghana’s cocoa industry faces significant challenges, threatening its status as the world’s second-largest producer. Illegal ...
The Herald on MSN15h
Will Large-Scale commercial farming solve Ghana Cocoa decline?
Ghana’s cocoa industry faces significant challenges, threatening its status as the world’s number two producer top producer. Illegal gold mining, known as “galamsey,” continues to destroy vast tracts ...
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FAO empowers PNG Vanilla Farmers through Knowledge Exchange
Farmers and agripreneurs from East and West Sepik of Papua New Guinea united in a peer-learning event to refine cultivation ...
FAO Boosts Vanilla Farmers’ Association In PNG, Propelling Future Growth Through Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange
For farmer leaders, the exchange created a sense of ownership. “The idea is that the farmers themselves must be connected to support each other when the project ends and this collaboration is a good ...
Post-Courier23d
Work on Erap Highway continues
The ongoing maintenance work is being carried out by Allied PNG Group Ltd with the support of the Nawaeb ... communities from accessing markets in Lae to sell their coffee and cocoa. “We understand ...
The Punch Newspapers7d
African cocoa farmers seek solutions to industry challenges
The Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa has called on the new Chief Executive Office, Ghana Cocoa Board, Randy Abbey to address the dynamic challenges currently being faced by the cocoa ...
MarketWatch1d
Cocoa Continuous Contract
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Continuous Contract $102.754-0.004 0.00% 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Continuous Contract $106.328-0.063-0.06% 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Continuous Contract $108.797-0.156 ...
Nasdaq20d
Cocoa Closes Lower Ahead of Quarterly Global Cocoa Grinding Reports
March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Wednesday closed down -130 (-1.19%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed down -111 (-1.25%). Cocoa prices fell moderately Wednesday due to the concern that high ...
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Cocoa Prices Surge as Hershey Seeks a Large Cocoa Purchase Through ICE Exchange
March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is up +466 (+4.46%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is up +287 (+3.37%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher as chocolate maker Hershey Co. is seeking ...
WebMD24d
Health Benefits of Cocoa Powder
Cocoa was first cultivated in ancient South America. During the Age of Exploration, the Spanish Conquistadors introduced it to Europe. In the 1850s, steam-powered machines allowed for the mass ...
Wall Street Journal28d
Cocoa Farmers Uproot Their Plants Despite Record Prices
Cocoa was the best-performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcoin, but that hasn’t stopped farmers from abandoning the crop. Farmers in the top cocoa-producing region of the world are ...
Bloomberg L.P.27d
Cocoa Jumps as Market Weighs Hershey Ask for Huge Exchange Buy
Cocoa futures surged, reversing losses from the prior session, on news that chocolate maker Hershey Co. is seeking permission for a large purchase through the New York exchange. The most-active ...