Cocoa Marketing Company Gh. Ltd

Cocoa Marketing Company Gh. Ltd MAYDAY CELEBRATION 2023

Nigeria and Cameroon take further steps to join the Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI); an alliance for economic relations on cocoa which aims to improve the incomes and living conditions of cocoa farmers. The two prospective member countries addressed the Steering Committee of the Initiative at a meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

The Producer Price Review Committee (PPRC) has announced a 21% increase in the producer price of cocoa from GH¢660 per 64kg bag (GH¢10,560 per tonne) to GH¢800 (GH¢12,800.00 per tonne), representing 89.99% of the net FOB value. The new price takes effect from Friday, 7th October 2022.

COCOBOD has signed the 2022/23 Annual Receivable backed Trade Finance Facility. The amount for this year is $1.13billion.

The management of COCOBOD together with the Chief of Staff at the office of the President, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, today joined the family of former Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), Dr Veronica Agathar Martinson, to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Dr Martinson spent 29 years at the research institute and is credited with several research works in the cocoa and coffee industry. She is also the only female to hold the position of Executive Director for CRIG.

Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive of COCOBOD, is sworn in to chair the 16-member board of the Ghana Association of Quasi-Government Health Institutions (GAQHI), by Hon. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Minister Of Health.

Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and cocoa buyers have signed a Joint Statement of Intent toward an economic pact for sustainable cocoa. This is underpinned by the drive, through the Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative, to pay living incomes to cocoa farmers in the two countries.

🌟 Happening Now 🌟: Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) is engaged in a high-level meeting with senior representatives of the cocoa value chain, including major buyers, to review the implementation of the Living Income Differential (LID), with the goal to consolidate and improve its performance.

Some pictures from the African Union day celebration at some takeover centers. 🇬🇭

A delegation from the Nigerian Federal Government today, paid a visit to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to apprise themselves on the joint cocoa pricing mechanism used by Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire for the sale of their cocoa.

The visit is part of steps being taken by Nigeria to join the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative to create a stronger alliance to advocate for decent incomes for cocoa farmers.

Also present at the meeting was the Executive Secretary of the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative, Mr Alex Arnaud Assanvo. 🇬🇭

COCOBOD yesterday had an engagement with the executives of the National Best Cocoa Farmers Association to deliberate on several issues within the cocoa industry, including the progress of the Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme; fertilizer and agrochemicals supply; the way forward for the COCOBOD Scholarship Scheme; farm mechanisation; cocoa roads, among others.