Sentences with phrase «cocoa sector»

Cargill has published its third report on the progress and achievements of the Cargill Cocoa Promise, its commitment to sparking a more sustainable cocoa sector for generations to come.

Issues about deforestation and cocoa sector as well as efforts being made to ensure sustainable livelihoods for farmers in cocoa growing countries featured prominently on the agenda.

Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA, said that the symposium aimed to bring together different stakeholders including public institutions, private partners and donors along with scientists, researchers, industry partners, farmers and other stakeholders across the value chain to draw a roadmap for a sustainable cocoa sector in the region.

Additionally, we have developed an analytical tool to help understand the cost and benefits of diversification in the Ghanaian smallholder cocoa sector that can be adapted to other geographies.

The World Cocoa Foundation will act as the convener for the group, which seeks to build a rejuvenated and economically viable cocoa sector for at least 300,000 -LSB-...]

Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain the cocoa industry and improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

More than 50 key actors in the Ivorian cocoa sector came together to launch the living income benchmark study for cocoa - producing regions in Côte d'Ivoire.

Hohoe and surrounding towns were known in the past for their booming cocoa sector but the fortunes have dwindled with time.

«I have visited 22 villages in the Amenfi West Constituency, since Sunday morning, interacting with farmers and other constituents on issues of development and especially the all - important cocoa sector.

Ghana's cocoa sector risks a dip if the country fails to address the politicization of the sector.

HFC bank has announced over a hundred percent increase in its investment to Ghana's cocoa sector as part of efforts to improve production in the sector.

«The industry has developed the cocoa sector over the last 10 years by injecting millions of dollars,» an Ivory Coast - based manager at a major trade house said.

A coalition of NGOs published a key report on the cocoa sector on April 19, 2018: the Cocoa Barometer.

Another is that the challenges facing the cocoa sector deal with power and political economy, and are not just «technical».

The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ program welcome the report, which highlights that efforts to address poverty and unsustainable practices in the cocoa sector are falling short.

Its main activities in Ghana are in the cocoa sector and extend to other agricultural commodities and the broad field of sustainable land management.

All three prohibit child labor, which is endemic in the cocoa sector in West Africa, where Hershey sources most of its cocoa.

20 Apr 2018 — A damning report into the cocoa sector claims that widely touted efforts in the industry to improve the lives of farmers, communities and the environment made over the last decade are having little impact.

The African Cocoa Coalition (ACC), which comprises autonomous non - governmental organisations and farmer groups active in the cocoa sector, has become the 35th stakeholder to sign the Abidjan Cocoa Declaration.

Gender inequality is a significant challenge within the cocoa sector.

A chief in the Eastern Region, has given out vast tract of land to the youth in his area, and non-indigenes, who have interest in the cocoa sector, but are hindered by lack of land.

It is within your academic right to scrutinize government's performance with cocoa sector but in doing so one expect an academician of your calibre to expand the scope of your indicators than the narrowed assessment captured therein.

Dr Opuni, appointed on November 30, 2013, to head COCOCBOD, is alleged to have mismanaged the cocoa sector during his four - year tenure.

His passport was seized and was subsequently invited by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) where he reportedly endured some six - long hours of questioning on a wide range of issues, including alleged massive corruption in the cocoa sector.

Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire have resolved to address the challenges of the cocoa sector, within the framework of the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement which links the two countries, by signing the «Abidjan Declaration.»

At the conference which brought together cocoa industry stakeholders from around the globe, Lucy and MacCarthy were exposed to presentations which focused on encouraging youth engagement in the cocoa sector.

Ghana and Ivory Coast have adopted a common framework to protect the cocoa sector and forest reserves in both countries.

The Deputy Minister of Finance, Ato Casseil Forson made the announcement at the celebration of the International Cocoa Day at Tepa, in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti region, under the theme, «Transforming the cocoa sector for economic growth - The role of the youth.»

He said the importance of the cocoa sector to the development of the country could not be over emphasized, because it remained the backbone of the Ghanaian economy and called for a stop to the practice.

In a statement on the matter, it said it was appalled by the «[government's] exceptional determination to destroy the reputation of a man who has labored to transform the cocoa sector in Ghana.»

Aside the regular challenges the cocoa sector faces from pests and diseases, activities of small scale illegal miners popularly has emerged to be a major threat to the country's total cocoa...

The theme for the celebration of the 2016 World Cocoa day in Ghana was, «Transforming the cocoa sector for economic growth - The role of the youth».

The celebration was under the theme, «Transforming the cocoa sector for economic growth - The role of the youth.»

The Office of the Former President has noted a regrettable pattern of false and inaccurate information put out by the Chief Executive of COCOBOD intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.

In the cocoa sector, the Minister said the total amount of metric tonnes produced every year, both under President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills and under President Mahama, had always been higher and above what was experienced under the NPP.

Mr. Mahama's office, described such claims as only «intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.»

To this end, The Office of the Former President, charged Boahene Aidoo's management to address the bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector, instead of covering up.

«By the time John Dramani Mahama completes his second term a lot of roads will have been constructed in the cocoa sector,» Opuni said.

President Akufo - Addo and President Alassane Ouattara further reaffirmed their commitment to promote jointly the consumption of cocoa on local, regional and emerging markets, and agreed that consultation between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, on the management of their cocoa sectors, should be done on a regular basis.

«I have shared on this tour the vision of the NPP and Nana Akufo - Addo for reviving the cocoa sector including the reintroduction of the mass cocoa spraying [exercise] and fertiliser subsidy programmes without discrimination,» he said on Facebook.

Olubamiwa O. Executive Director of CRIN said notable leaders from southwest Nigerian joined academics, industry representatives, and stakeholders in Africa's cocoa sector to discuss research priorities across both the public and private sector platforms, shared research experiences and identify research needs to unleash the potential of the crop.

Mr. Opuni's tenure was engrossed in several allegations of corruption and mismanagement of the cocoa sector, with his critics accusing him of running down the critical sector; which generates revenue for the country and employs millions of Ghanaians.

The Ashanti Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) earlier described the prosecution as witch - hunting, adding that it is «appalled by what it calls government's «exceptional determination to destroy the reputation of a man who has labored to transform the cocoa sector in Ghana.»

He stated that also from 2016, the Government would spend over GHc3 billion to boost the cocoa sector, import 500 tractors for the farmers and put up measures to help address post harvest losses.

Touching on the dwindling fortunes of the cocoa sector, President Akufo - Addo noted that the policies and programmes instituted by former President John Agyekum Kufuor ensured that the cocoa production hit 1 million tonnes in 2010/2011.

Aside the regular challenges the cocoa sector faces from pests and diseases, activities of small scale illegal miners popularly has emerged to be a major threat to the country's total cocoa output.

Mr. Boahen Aidoo, who spoke to journalists at a news conference on Wednesday, took on the NDC Minority, because according to him, they have made several baseless and false claims about the new government's management of the cocoa sector.

According to Mr. Boahen Aidoo, the penchant to siphon funds through inflated contracts was rampant in the NDC administration through ill - conceived construction contracts in the cocoa sector.

Some cocoa farmers have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to appoint a Minister solely responsible for the cocoa sector.

Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, running mate to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, has promised that an NPP government after the December polls, will revive what he calls the «ailing» cocoa sector.