Ivory Coast is considering reforms to its cocoa marketing system after falling global prices created a surplus of unsold beans and reduced export competitiveness.
COCOBOD releases GH¢4.2 billion to Licensed Buying Companies to settle cocoa farmer arrears as Ghana implements reforms aimed at restoring liquidity and confidence in the cocoa sector.
Kenya plans to convert the Nairobi Coffee Exchange into a shareholding company as part of reforms aimed at strengthening governance, transparency and investor confidence in the coffee sector.
Incentive aims to boost orthodox tea production and support the industry as export uncertainties emerge in key Gulf markets.
Belarus proposes supplying thousands of agricultural machines and building a cocoa processing facility in Ghana as both countries explore deeper trade, agribusiness, and industrial cooperation.