Tag Archives: COCOA

Ghana has surpassed Ivory Coast in cocoa production over the half year 2022/23 crop season, according to the latest Cocoa Market Report by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO). As of 31 March 2023, cumulative arrivals of cocoa beans in Ivory Coast were lagging behind previous season levels, while the volume …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has acknowledged that Ghana’s relatively low cocoa pricing is one of the contributing factors to the increase in cocoa smuggling into neighbouring countries. This situation has led to significant financial losses to the country and the destitution of cocoa farmers. “It is serious. At the …

Opanin Agyemang is a farmer from the Ashanti Region whose arm has been amputated but despite that, he owns three and a half acres of cocoa farm. The farmer had his left hand amputated during his youthful years as a result of an accident he was engaged in. According to …

A 40-year-old taxi driver has been found dead in a cocoa farm at Agona in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased identified as Clement Asiedu was reportedly found on the farm with his legs and hands tied with a rope. Speaking to OTEC News’ Jacob Agyenim …

The Narcotics Control Commission’s (NACOC) Ghana Post Unit on Friday, February 3, 2023, intercepted six (6) parcels of outbound cocoa powder plastic containers containing marijuana. The parcel, which was destined for the United Kingdom (UK), was discovered by officers of the commission while carrying out their normal routine of inspecting …

An unidentified man believed to be in his 40’s has been found dead in a cocoa farm. The body of the yet-to-be identified man was found this morning, Thursday February 2, 2023, in the cocoa farm between Abrakaso and Krakrom in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region. Speaking …

Of all the stories many Ghanaians know of the man who first brought cocoa seedlings to Ghana, the narratives that they came from Fernando Po (now Equatorial Guinea) and that Tetteh Quarshie was only able to smuggle the seeds by swallowing them have been the most predominant. Well, while only …

Of all the stories many Ghanaians know of the man who first brought cocoa seedlings to Ghana, the narratives that they came from Fernando Po (now Equatorial Guinea) and that Tetteh Quarshie was only able to smuggle the seeds by swallowing them have been the most predominant. Well, while only …

A middle-aged farmer at Juaso in the Ashanti region is asking a High Court in Kumasi to order the Chief of Juaso and the Ghana Cocoa Board (GCB) to compensate him with GH¢750000 for destroying his 25-acre cocoa plantation. The farmer, Mustapha Musah, claims the chief, Nana Asafo Atta Tabi, …

A 65-year-old cocoa farmer has met her untimely death after a falling tree fell on her in a bush at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. The lifeless body, identified as Madam Habiba was reportedly found by some family members who had thronged to …