Ghana farmers say cocoa weather has improved Farmers see increased cocoa pods on trees Concerns persist over pests and ...

Ghana cocoa production reached 429,323 metric tons - or less than 55% of the average seasonal output - as harvesting neared ...

A major cocoa producing region in Ghana, the world's second largest cocoa grower, is 81% infected with swollen shoot disease, ...

Suhum, Ghana — Ghanaian cocoa farmer Isaac Antwi says he has to smuggle his beans to Ivory Coast to sell them at a decent profit even as international prices for the commodity recently surged.

The world's second-largest cocoa producer, Ghana, is looking to delay the delivery of up to 350,000 tons of beans to the next season due to poor crops, five sources told Reuters, further worsening ...

HOHOE DISTRICT, Ghana (Reuters) - Low prices and payment delays are pushing Ghana's cocoa farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated smuggling rings, siphoning off production from border areas ...

Also, Ghana's cocoa regulator expects Ghana's 2024/25 cocoa production to rebound to 700,000 MT from 425,00 MT in 2023/24 as improved weather conditions boosted cocoa yields. Ghana's 2024/25 ...

Trading houses face losses of at least $1 billion on cocoa derivatives after major producer Ghana failed to deliver beans this year, forcing traders to liquidate short positions in a rallying market, ...

Cocoa farmers are obliged to sell their produce to the state-run Ghana Cocoa Board or COCOBOD, which fixes prices to help protect farmers from market volatility. In April, the government increased ...

Despite government efforts to stabilise the sector and recent soaring global cocoa prices, many Ghana farmers say they feel abandoned and have turned to illicit trade to survive in the world's No ...