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Bosome-Freho District Assembly Donates Hundred Thousand Cocoa Nurseries to Farmers

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah     The Bosome Freho District Assembly, in the Ashanti region, on 22 June, 2019 as part of government intervention program dubbed ‘’PLANTING FOR FOOD AND EXPORT’’ has distributed over One Hundred Thousand (100.000.00) cocoa nurseries to farmers as part of measures to increase cocoa production in …

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CÔTE D’IVOIRE – GHANA COOPERATION IN COCOA

By:.brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana Co-operation was instituted at the instance of the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, SEM Alassane OUATTARA and the President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the in 2017, for the Ghana Cocoa Board and …

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Pupils to enjoy free cocoa drink as breakfast from Sept 2019

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   File photo: The cocoa drink will be given as breakfast to the children before their daily hot nutritious meal is served to them. E-mailTweetWhatsAppShareShare Government says pupils under the School Feeding Programme will be served cocoa drink as breakfast beginning next academic year. The Acting National …

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Two cocoa trucks collide head on, sparks fire near Tema motorway

  By:brightwebtv.com /Martin awuku   Two articulated trucks carrying 600 bags of cocoa beans went up in flames Monday morning following a head on collision near the Tema motorway roundabout.     One of the trucks was moving from a waiting yard towards the weighbridge area while the other was …

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Audio: Cocoa farmer shoots himself dead

By:brightwebtv.com/Martin awuku   A 59-year-old farmer, Kwabena Acquah has reportedly shot himself to death at Kwabena Kyere in the Agona East District of the Central Region.     In an interview with Adom news, Assembly member for Mankrong Akwakwa electoral area, Seth Arhin who confirmed the incident said the deceased was mentally …

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Trade Minister inaugurates $30m cocoa processing factory

Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has inaugurated a $30 million cocoa processing factory at the Spintex Road in Accra. The factory, which is expected to process 15,000 tonnes of cocoa beans annually, is one of the projects earmarked under the government flagship programme, “One-District, One Factory”. The …

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Palm wine tapper, friend jailed 14 years for stealing half bag of cocoa

  Two young men have been jailed for 14 years each by the Assin Fosu District court, for stealing half a bag of cocoa. The two are 21-year-old, Price Bugyei, palm wine tapper and 21-year-old Gabriel Arhin who is a carpenter. According to police prosecutor, Inspector Francis Oyinah, the two …

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