EU Trade Policy Day, online 26 April 2021, offered policymakers and civil society representatives a chance to discuss how EU Trade policy should respond to global challenges such as the…
EcoCare Ghana has held a press conference to launch the Easter Chocolate Scorecard 2021 in Ghana on behalf of Mighty Earth to promote sustainability in the cocoa value chain. The…
Government and all stakeholders involved in sustainable cocoa production have been urged to decentralize education on the Cocoa Forest Initiative (CFI) to the district and community levels. A baseline survey…
Chocolate is certainly not a “JJC” (Johnny Just Came) consumable in the world’s list of delicacies. Made from cocoa, chocolate has been around for about 5,000 years, evolving through various…
In all countries where cocoa is grown, the sector is dominated by smallholder farmers, especially in Africa. The recent cocoa barometer report, which depicts distribution of the cocoa sector profits…
This week, relevant international, regional and national stakeholders in cocoa production and trade are meeting in Ghana’s capital Accra for a historic purpose. Dubbed, “International Conference on Cocoa Pricing and…
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the Forestry Commission, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), and the Parliament to expedite work on the conversion of extant leases…
Chiefs and community leaders in some forest-fringed communities in the Krokosua and Tano-Offin Forest Reserves have called on the government and Non-profit Organizations in the Natural Resource Sector to support…
The objective of the Atumpan Project is, “to effectively communicate Ghana’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT–VPA) processes, milestones and outcomes towards European Union (EU)…
Cocoa Farmers in the Sefwi Juasobo and Atwima Mponua Districts has called on the government of Ghana and other stakeholders to review the tree tenure system for them own the…