ENCHI, Ghana/LONDON - A poor cocoa harvest in Ghana has left the world's number two producer struggling to fulfill sales contracts and is driving up the price of the commodity on global markets. The ...

Ghana’s cocoa sector is showing early signs of a meaningful turnaround, driven by renewed leadership focus, clearer policy ...

ACCRA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Ghana's Cocobod will use part of a $200 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate plantations destroyed by the cocoa swollen shoot virus, which causes drops in yields and kills ...

ACCRA (Reuters) -Cocoa farmers in the world's second-biggest producer Ghana are expecting a bumper harvest for the upcoming 2025/2026 season, buoyed by improved flowering and pod development, even as ...

Behind the chocolate in every Cadbury Crème Egg lurks the shadow of child labor, according to a new report. Britain’s Channel 4 found in a report this month that children as young as 10 work for up to ...

Ghana's cocoa production sees worst decline Extreme weather, disease, hit output Farmers say government has not done enough Ghana votes on Dec. 7 ASSIN FOSO, Ghana, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Cocoa farmer ...

Cocoa farmers in Ghana are testing new ways of growing their crops as shifting weather patterns take a toll on yields. Among them is Samuel Davor, a cocoa farmer in Sefwi Wiawso, a village in a forest ...

The European cocoa and chocolate industry is offering to share data on cocoa farm locations with top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana in an effort to ramp up efforts to fight deforestation in the ...

ASANKRAGWA, Ghana (Reuters) - No matter how busy he gets, cocoa farmer Simon Afram never keeps his children home from school to work on his farm. Sign up here. "If you don't let a child go to school, ...

In other areas, artificial support for cocoa farming is creating a debt problem. Farmers are also still under pressure to supply markets in wealthy countries instead of securing their own future. In ...

The new price, effective from Wednesday, raises the payment for a 64kg bag of cocoa beans to $192, up from $132. The policy is also designed to improve the welfare of cocoa farmers as the new season ...

ASSIN FOSO, Ghana (Reuters) - Cocoa farmer Joseph Arkoh's vote in Saturday's election in Ghana hinges on one unlikely issue: fertiliser. "All of us farmers are suffering," the 56-year-old said, as ...