COCOBOD has debunked assertions by the Minority group in Parliament that government is offering cocoa producers a terrible deal by its decision not to
increase cocoa producer price due to fall in world market price.
There's a need to better organize and scale diversification in order to
increase cocoa producer livelihood and landscape resiliency — especially in light of the increasing threat to current cocoa yields in the larger West African region.
Not exact matches
In response to rising demand in the chocolate industry and reduce dependency on imports, Indian
cocoa producers have said they will
increase domestic
cocoa production by 60 per cent in the next four years.
Cocoa bean
producer Pan Sino International has announced plans to build Singapore's largest
cocoa processing plant,
increasing cocoa bean supply for manufacturers.
For smallholder
cocoa producers in Ghana, climate - smart agriculture (CSA) practices like these
increase on - farm carbon storage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
But some
cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region expressed disappointment in government over what they describe as a «paltry»
increase in the
producer price of
cocoa.