ASSIN FOSO, Ghana (Reuters) - Cocoa farmer Joseph Arkoh's vote in Saturday's election in Ghana hinges on one unlikely issue: fertiliser. "All of us farmers are suffering," the 56-year-old said, as ...

By Emmanuel Bruce ACCRA, April 22 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmers in Ghana say payment delays of up to six months are preventing ...

For Ghana’s cocoa sector, which underpins national export earnings, rural livelihoods, and sovereign creditworthiness, this ...

In other areas, artificial support for cocoa farming is creating a debt problem. Farmers are also still under pressure to supply markets in wealthy countries instead of securing their own future. In ...

ASAMANKESE, Ghana - Ghana will aim to raise the area under cocoa production by 750,000 hectares over the next decade, the chief executive of cocoa industry regulator Cocobod said on Thursday, from ...

Whether it is about the nativity claim of Cocoa to the North Americans, or the bragging rights as the largest producers and exporters of Cocoa to the West Africans, the tempting licking mind game of ...

ACCRA (Reuters) -Cocoa farmers in the world's second-biggest producer Ghana are expecting a bumper harvest for the upcoming 2025/2026 season, buoyed by improved flowering and pod development, even as ...

Between 2019 and 2020, around 19,000-20,000ha of cocoa farms across the country were destroyed by illegal miners, according to a recent Cocobod report. Gold miners targeted major cocoa-growing towns ...

Ghana’s cocoa industry regulator called for boosting the rate farmers get for their crop by more than 60% to discourage them from smuggling beans to the neighboring Ivory Coast where returns for the ...

Along with gold and oil, the cocoa industry is a mainstay of Ghana's economy and foreign currency earnings - Copyright POOL/AFP Dmitry ASTAKHOV Along with gold and ...

Cargill Inc. has started production at a $100 million cocoa-processing plant in Ghana, the world’s second-biggest grower of the beans. The plant has the annual capacity to process 65,000 metric tons ...

Ghana's cocoa production sees worst decline Extreme weather, disease, hit output Farmers say government has not done enough Ghana votes on Dec. 7 ASSIN FOSO, Ghana, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmer ...