The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to ...

Shin Dong-bin, Chairman of Lotte Group, after inspecting a cocoa farm in Ghana, Africa, together with executives from Korean and Japanese food companies, explored entry into the African market.

ACCRA (Reuters) -Cocoa farmers in the world's second-biggest producer Ghana are expecting a bumper harvest for the upcoming 2025/2026 season, buoyed by improved flowering and pod development, even as ...

ASANKRAGWA, Ghana (Reuters) - No matter how busy he gets, cocoa farmer Simon Afram never keeps his children home from school to work on his farm. Sign up here. "If you don't let a child go to school, ...

ACCRA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Ghana's Cocobod will use part of a $200 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate plantations destroyed by the cocoa swollen shoot virus, which causes drops in yields and kills ...

In the cocoa lands of Assin Fosu in the Central region of Ghana, a farmer, Mr. Samuel Torbi walks through his 17-acre farm, machete in hand and purpose in stride. It is a drizzling afternoon. Here, ...

Behind the chocolate in every Cadbury Crème Egg lurks the shadow of child labor, according to a new report. Britain’s Channel 4 found in a report this month that children as young as 10 work for up to ...

Cocoa farmers at Onaa in the Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region are appealing to government to urgently stop a private developer from cutting down their cocoa farms for a real estate project.

ASSIN FOSO, Ghana (Reuters) - Cocoa farmer Joseph Arkoh's vote in Saturday's election in Ghana hinges on one unlikely issue: fertiliser. "All of us farmers are suffering," the 56-year-old said, as ...

Along with gold and oil, the cocoa industry is a mainstay of Ghana's economy and foreign currency earnings - Copyright POOL/AFP Dmitry ASTAKHOV Along with gold and ...

ABIDJAN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, academics said on Monday, largely ...