Tea, Coffee & Cocoa
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Barry Callebaut bolsters presence specialty chocolate market with acquisition of Europe Chocolate Company
EUROPE – Swiss based chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has agreed to acquire Europe Chocolate Company (ECC), a Belgian B2B manufacturer of specialty chocolate ingredients, for…
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Ghana COCOBOD adopts sustainable cocoa seedlings raising techniques, protects environment
GHANA – Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has adopted the use of cocopeat and receptacles as new technologies for raising cocoa seedlings at nursery sites. Cocopeat…
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Tanzania record’s eight-year high coffee export earnings fetching US$137m in 2020/21 season
TANZANIA – The norm of coffee drinking which was fuelled by lock-downs prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, has highly favoured the Tanzanian export market recording…
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Rwanda, JICA ink 5-year agreement to strengthen coffee value chain
RWANDA – The government of Rwanda, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), have launched the second phase of the coffee cooperation project.…
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Bühler supports Ghana in building capacity of cocoa industry, Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative names Chairperson
GHANA – Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed an agreement with Bühler, one of the world’s leading plant equipment manufacturer, to build Ghana’s local cocoa…