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Ivory Coast, Ghana Strike First Cocoa Deals With Living Income Premium

Ivory Coast and Ghana have agreed initial deals to sell cocoa with a living income premium of $400 a tonne added to the price, in a bid to reform...

Lidl Belgium Launches 'Super Fair' Private-Label Chocolates

Lidl Belgium has launched 'Way to Go', a new range of 'super fair', private-label chocolate SKUs that offer Ghanaian cocoa farmers an extra premium above t...

EU Backs Cocoa Price Rise To Make Production More Sustainable

Higher prices are needed to ensure cocoa production becomes more sustainable, a senior European Union official said on Tuesday, backing plans by top grower...

Ghana Yet To Decide On Cocoa Farmgate Price: Cocobod

Ghana will not make a decision on a cocoa farmgate price until an industry committee meets to discuss it in September, a spokesman for the Ghana Cocoa Boar...

Ivory Coast, Ghana Add 'Living Income' Cocoa Premium To Fight Poverty

Top global cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana have imposed a fixed 'living income differential' of $400 a tonne on all cocoa contracts sold by either co...

Chocolate Maker Mars Backs Ivory Coast, Ghana Cocoa Floor Price

US food maker Mars Inc. supports a decision by Ivory Coast and Ghana to set a floor price for their cocoa exports, a senior executive told Reuters on Wedne...