Agribusiness

Cocoa farmers have been advised to strictly adhere to safety practices, particularly in the use of agro-chemicals on their farms. They have also been urged...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is joining with the other Rome-based UN agencies (RBAs) - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

A shortage in the availability of onions in the Upper East Region for the past two months has resulted in a price hike of the...

It has been a bitter holiday season for the maker of foil-wrapped Hershey's Kisses. For nearly a month, a battle has been raging between the...

Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for exploitative practices have concerned ethical consumers. Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total...

The World Bank Board of Directors have approved a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to help African countries strengthen the resilience of their...

Ivory Coast has opted to lift a suspension imposed last week on cocoa sustainability schemes run by Hershey after the U.S.-based chocolate maker committed to...

Last week, global commodity markets were shaken to their very foundations by the collaborative actions of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in pursuance of their price...

Management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has denied media reports of mass layoffs of employees next year. In a circular issued on Friday, December...

Ethical investing has become the battlefield in a dispute between Hershey and cocoa-producing countries. Ghana and Ivory Coast have accused the Reese’s maker of dodging...