Category: Cocoa Farming and Agriculture

Crafting the perfect chocolate from bean to bar is a long and complex process, but only half the story of running a successful chocolate enterprise. In this post, we …

Hello, it is Michael Kanneh again from Malema, the Gola rainforest in Sierra Leone. Last time I told you about my life as a cocoa farmer, you can read …

The Portuguese capuchin monk António da Madalena pulled with a firm yank the cord of his brown robe that had got caught behind a thick branch. Sweat poured from …

My name is Michael Kanneh, and I am 29 years old. I live in Jojoima town, in the Malema chiefdom in Sierra Leone. This town is on the foot …

Dr Patrick Adebola Has made no secret of his desire to see Nigeria come back in the cocoa sector. The outspoken Executive Director of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria …

Ghana’s industry regulator announces the introduction of tamper-proof scales. Again.COCOBOD Announced that they had concluded the procurement process to purchase 40,000 of the devices, which it says are designed …

By Suliman Kamara, CEO of VADEMCO Liberia’s cocoa sector has faced numerous challenges since the post-Civil War era, despite the excellent work of international donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) …

By Erik Sanner This article is part of our FCIA Raising the Bar Column, produced by members of the FCIA exclusively for Bartalks. You can learn more about the. …

Côte d’Ivoire has experienced significant rainfall over the last week, leading to hopes of an early start to the main cocoa season that normally begins in October and lasts …

Nigeria’s exports of cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted, alone increased from $2.058 million in 2018 to $9.307 million in 2020, according to the International Trade Centre …

Here in Thailand, many city dwellers are closing up shop and moving out to the provinces where they have family and land. The two weeks to flatten the curve …

Ghana’s cocoa regulator, COCOBOD has met with a Swiss delegation to discuss how the two countries can work together in redefining the previous model, under which, Ghana was largely …