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‘Sustainable coffee’ currently an illusion – Coffee Barometer 2023

A newly published Coffee Barometer 2023 report produced by Ethos Agriculture has deemed ‘sustainable coffee’ as used in the coffee sector as currently “nothing more than an illusion”. According to the report, the multifaceted challenges prevailing in the coffee sector especially in producing countries make it difficult to recognize the... read more →

September 20, 2023
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Government of Ghana increases cocoa farm gate prices by 63.5% for the 2023/2024 crop season

The government of Ghana has announced new cocoa farm gate prices for the 2023/2024 crop season. The announcement was made by the President, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday 9th September 2023, at an event to officially open the 2023/2024 crop season in Tepa in the Ashanti Region. The new prices... read more →

September 12, 2023
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Ghana celebrates first oil from the Jubilee South-East Project

On Friday, 8th September 2023, the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo and industry players were on board the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah to turn on the valve to commemorate the pouring of the first oil from the Jubilee South-East project area. The Jubilee South-East project which is a joint partnership between... read more →

September 11, 2023
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Cocoa stakeholders in Ghana demand 72.5% increase in cocoa farm gate prices for the 2023/2024 crop season

As the new cocoa season begins on Friday 8th September 2023, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is set to announce new cocoa farm gate prices for the 2023/2024 light crop season. In line with this, the Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) in a press conference on Wednesday in Accra has demanded a... read more →

September 7, 2023
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How the ‘Gold Kacha’ mercury-free mineral technology contributes in reducing water consumption and pollution in the ASM sector

Good quality water is a critical resource essential for human, animal and plant survival. However, globally, human activities both domestic and industrial continue to pose serious threat to the availability of quality water needed to meet growing demand especially in a period where climate change impact has worsened and the... read more →

August 28, 2023
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August 23, 2023
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Mercury-Free Mining: A Sustainable Solution for Artisanal and Small scale Mining

For many years, the operations of artisanal small scale miners have been heavily dependent on mercury as the main method for gold recovery and has left extensive levels of the chemical (mercury) in the environment through the dumping and washing away of tailings in the water bodies and soil. The... read more →