cocoa

Ghana’s president-elect, John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to revamp the country’s cocoa industry and reorganise the state-run regulator. He criticised the structure of the industry saying the cocoa marketing board, COCOBOD, competed with…

The Nigerian Government says the country earned 122.89 billion Naira from the export of raw cocoa beans and cocoa products in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Muhammed Abubakar,…

No fewer than 68,000 Nigerian farmers in Abia, Cross River, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Ondo and Osun States will benefit from the United States intervention in the country's cocoa value chain. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food for…

The Nigerian Government says it plans to increase the country’s cocoa production from an annual 340,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes by 2024. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this during a…

The Cocoa and Plantain Farmers Association of Nigeria (CPFAN) has disclosed plans to site three mega processing factories in three States in the south-western part of Nigeria to support farming businesses and boost production. The…

Barry Callebaut Nigeria Cocoa and Chocolate Limited, a subsidiary of Barry Callebaut Group, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, has organized an event to train and sensitize cocoa farmers to child…

Nigerian cocoa farmers have the capacity to dominate the global cocoa industry with financial support and effective skill acquisition. Adejola Ahmed, Sustainability Operations Manager Barry Callebaut Nigeria said this was…

To boost the productivity of its members and enhance the contribution of cocoa to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the agricultural sector, the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) has said it will unveil an agricultural practice…

COCOA farmers in Nigeria have lamented the unregulated cocoa economy in the country, stating that it is depriving the Nigeria Smallholder cocoa farmers from not joining Ivory Coast and Ghana in the collection of $400 per tonne known as…

The Federal Government has disclosed plans to work with relevant stakeholders to increase the annual production of cocoa in the country to one million tons. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar,…