A coalition of NGOs published a key report
on the cocoa sector on April 19, 2018: the Cocoa Barometer.
Not exact matches
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.
Not just about baby food marketing, but trade union busting; failure to act
on child labour and slavery in its
cocoa supply chain; exploitation of farmers, particularly in the dairy and coffee
sectors; and environmental degradation, particularly of water resources.
Dr Opuni, appointed
on November 30, 2013, to head COCOCBOD, is alleged to have mismanaged the
cocoa sector during his four - year tenure.
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.
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.»
«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.
«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.
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.
President Akufo - Addo and President Alassane Ouattara 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.
Last week, Rick Scobey, the President of the World
Cocoa Foundation (WCF), opened the 2017 World
Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting (WCFPM) by enumerating the 6 key sustainability challenges that need to be addressed within the
cocoa sector: the first challenge
on the list was «Farmer Livelihoods and Poverty», which Rick noted has been at the top of the list for the past 17 years — since the World
Cocoa Foundation was established.