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· 16 May 2023

EU Council Approves Deforestation Regulation For Enforcement

The Council of the European Union has given its final approval for its Deforestation Regulation aimed at reducing deforestation associated with key EU market imports. The regulation is targeted at cocoa, palm oil, cattle, wood, coffee, rubber and soy. Any of these commodities not produced according to the new law will face an EU market […] The post EU Council Approves Deforestation Regulation For Enforcement appeared first on Cocoa Post.

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· 20 March 2023

COCOBOD Busts Smuggling Syndicate, Intercepts 1500 Bags of Cocoa

Ghana Cocoa Board’s Anti-smuggling Task Force has in collaboration with the security agencies intercepted over 1,500 bags of cocoa being smuggled to neighbouring countries. According to the Director of Special Services at COCOBOD, Charles Amenyaglo, the success chalked against smugglers between the first two weeks of March alone was through a system instituted by the […] The post COCOBOD Busts Smuggling Syndicate, Intercepts 1500 Bags of Cocoa appeared first on Cocoa Post.

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· 31 August 2019

Ghana Law Lecturer Advocates Legislation on Sustainable Cocoa Supply Chain

Mr Clement Kojo Akapame, a Consultant at TaylorCrabbe Initiative, has advocated effective enforcement of human rights and child labour laws towards ensuring sustainable cocoa supply chain. He noted that internationally, countries were requiring producer countries to meet certain benchmarks such as; avoiding human rights abuses in the supply chain and avoiding child labour. “The global […] The post Ghana Law Lecturer Advocates Legislation on Sustainable Cocoa Supply Chain appeared first on Cocoa Post.

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