Cocobod signs $1.3 Billion Dollars Trade Finance Facility for the Year 2020/2021 Crop Season

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in collaboration with a consortium of International Financiers, has signed an agreement that will bring in an amount of One Billion, Three Hundred Million United States Dollars ($1,300,000,000.00) to the Ghanaian Economy.  The Pre-Export Trade Finance Facility has been contracted at a competitive interest rate plus libor of 1.75%.  The signing

COCOBOD takes steps to revive cocoa production …Kick-starts massive rehabilitation of farms in Western North and Eastern

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has rolled out a rehabilitation programme for cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease in the Western North Cocoa Region. As part of the rehabilitation exercise, COCOBOD has directed all diseased cocoa trees to be cut down for re-planting with new hybrid cocoa seedlings. Cocoa production in the country has