West Africa cocoa sector struggles to meet EU rules
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- Index.hr (Croatia)seen 13 Aug, 20:08headline rewritten
Uzgajivačima kakovca u Gani zabranjena prenamjena zemlje. "Nekad treba saditi drugo"Uzgajivačima kakaovca u Gani zabranjena prenamjena zemlje. "Nekad treba saditi drugo"
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Thu, 13 August 2026
2 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)14:17edited after publishing
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Uzgajivačima kakovca u Gani zabranjena prenamjena zemlje. "Nekad treba saditi drugo"UZGAJIVAČI kakaovca u Gani apeliraju na predsjednika da ne potpiše zakon koji za prenamjenu plantaža propisuje do 20 godina zatvora.
- tportal (Croatia)22:47
Ganska udruga proizvođača i trgovaca kakaovcem zatražila je od predsjednika Johna Dramanija Mahame da uskrati potpis na novi zakon koji predviđa stroge kazne za prenamjenu zemljišta pod plantažama, upozorivši da ugrožava njihovu egzistenciju.
Mon, 17 August 2026
2 reports- ČT24 (Czechia)12:59
Nová pravidla Evropské unie proti odlesňování přinesou změny v obchodování s kakaem ze západní Afriky, která zajišťuje zhruba 70 procent světové produkce. Nařízení, které začne platit na konci letošního roku, má zajistit, aby dovozci dokázali dohledat původ kakaa až ke konkrétní farmě a prokázat, že nebylo vypěstováno na půdě odlesněné po stanoveném datu. V Nigérii, která je čtvrtým největším producentem kakaa na světě, se pěstitelé a exportéři na nové požadavky připravují mimo jiné mapováním...
- taipeitimes.com16:00first to report
Ojo Ayaninuola, a small-scale cocoa farmer from Akure in southwestern Nigeria, was initially reluctant to let exporters map and geolocate his farm as part of measures to comply with a looming EU anti-deforestation law. However, when one of the country’s largest exporters and the buyer of all his coc
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- businessincameroon.com18:15
Cameroon has moved to assess cocoa exporters and processors individually as it seeks to preserve access to the European Union market while
Thu, 3 September 2026
2 reports- Libération (France)03:00
Le gouvernement ivoirien a annoncé le 1er septembre un prix garanti de 1 200 francs CFA le kilo, loin de satisfaire les centaines de milliers de cultivateurs du premier producteur mondial d’«or brun».
- thebftonline.com15:23
Ghana’s efforts to rebuild cocoa production will depend heavily on whether farmers can earn enough from the crop to justify rehabilitating and replanting their farms, the Managing Director of Cocoa Marketing Company (Ghana) Limited, Wisdom Kofi Dogbey, has said.
Thu, 17 September 2026
1 report- AllAfrica05:20
[Leadership] Nigeria has been ranked first top banana producers in West Africa, but lacks potential for export growth.
Fri, 18 September 2026
1 report- bne IntelliNews05:45
Ghana’s cocoa buyers warn that nearly $348mn in unpaid Cocobod obligations, high borrowing costs and a difficult funding transition could disrupt purchases in the 2026/27 season.
Thu, 24 September 2026
1 report- bne IntelliNews16:39
Ghana’s Cocoa Capital is preparing a $543mn debut debt issue under a $1.4bn programme as sector regulator Cocobod moves to shift cocoa financing to domestic investors and banks.
Fri, 25 September 2026
2 reports- thenational.com.pg05:30
- thenational.com.pg05:30
Mon, 28 September 2026
2 reports- ghanamma.com06:30
- Google News - Europe query13:55
Colombia banana sector issues stark warning to Europe Fruitnet
Wed, 30 September 2026
1 report- bne IntelliNews08:25
Credit: bne IntelliNews Cocoa Capital, a subsidiary of sector regulator Cocobod, aims to raise about $1.2bn in short-term paper for 2026/27 cocoa purchases and $197mn in longer-term bonds for legacy debt, making its first 270-day issue an important test of investor demand.
Fri, 9 October 2026
2 reports- afriquesenlutte.org07:15
Nearly 20 years after the world's major chocolate manufacturers pledged to abolish employment abuses, hazardous child labour remains rife in their (…)
- businessincameroon.com13:45
Cameroon is considering a dedicated financing window within the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) to support priority projects in its commodity
Thu, 15 October 2026
1 report- allafrica.com10:37
Cocoa farmers in parts of the Bono East Region are recording declining yields as prolonged sunshine and erratic rainfall continue to affect production.
Wed, 21 October 2026
1 report- AllAfrica10:45
[Ghanaian Times] TECHIMAN -- THE Ghana COCOBOD has distributed more than 2.8 million free hybrid cocoa seedlings, including 67,794 economic shade trees, to 2,705 farmers in the Techiman South District of the Bono East Region.
Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- AllAfrica15:25
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia could lose up to $453 million in coffee export revenue under the European Union's deforestation regulation, with compliance gaps threatening to exclude smallholder farmers from a market that accounts for around 30% of the country's coffee exports, according to an October 2026 briefing paper by ODI Global.
Mon, 26 October 2026
2 reports- Tagesschau (Germany)06:13
In Ghana wird unter extremen Bedingungen Gold abgebaut - auch Kakaoplantagen müssen dafür weichen. Mit verheerenden Folgen: Zurück bleiben zerstörte Landschaften und verdreckte, belastete Flüsse. Von Judith Hartmann und Jakob Sax.
- ghanamma.com10:15