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Government needs to stop encouraging cocoa export – Owofemi
September 6, 2013 by SIMON EJEMBI -- The Punch Newspaper
The Chief Executive Officer, Multi-Trex Integrated Foods Plc, Mr. Dimeji Owofemi, tells Simon Ejembi the challenges indigenous companies face in manufacturing cocoa-based ...
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COPAN seeks incentives for agro processing industry
September 6, 2013 by Udeme Ekwere -- The Punch Newspaper
Some industrialists have said that it is important for the Federal Government to come up with incentives aimed at improving the agricultural processing sector in Nigeria...
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The trouble with Nigeria’s cocoa industry
September 5, 2013 by Gbenga Osinaike -- The Punch Newspaper
I read with keen interest an interview granted by the Chairman, Board of trustees, Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Dr. Victor Iyama, and published in some national...
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C’River advises shippers' council on cocoa export
June 28, 2013 by Mudiaga Affe, Calabar
The Cross River State Government has asked the Nigerian Shippers’ Council to intervene in the challenges faced by cocoa farmers in exporting their products...
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FG registers 10million farmers in 2013
By BusinessNews Staff on June 26, 2013
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said on Tuesday that not less than 10 million farmers had been registered in 2013 under the...
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3rd Roundtable on Nigeria Cocoa Value Chain
14 June, 2013
In preparation for a successful 2013/2014 Cocoa Year, the Centre for Cocoa Development Initiatives, Inc. with the principal support of the Ogun State Government, will host..
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Cocoa Quality Workshop
14 June, 2013
The Cocoa Exporters' Group of Cocoa Association of Nigeria will host a Cocoa Quality Workshop in Akure, capital of the Sunshine State and headquarters of the cocoa...
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Nigeria’s cocoa set to beat world record
June 13, 2013
The cocoa industry in Nigeria is repositioning to compete favourably in the world market. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development...
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NPSC to hold sensitization workshop for farmers
13 June, 2013
The sensitisation programme with the theme “Capacity Building in Cocoa Production in Order to Mitigate the Harmful Effects of Pesticides in Cocoa” is said to hold at Akure, Ondo State and Ikom, Cross River State...
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international workshop on cocoa certification in june
Source - www.icco.org - June 13, 2013
Arrangements for the ICCO’s International Workshop on Cocoa Certification, scheduled for 24 - 27 June 2013 in Yaoundé, Cameroon are well advanced, with a strong...
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the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches its 2012 Annual Report
Abidjan | Accra | Geneva, 12 June 2013
On the occasion of World Day against Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches today its 2012 Annual Report, which highlights progress made in the fight against child labour in cocoa-growing communities in ....
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Better welfare packages await cocoa farmers in Nigeria
National Class Magazine | Gabriel Odioji - Monday, 10 June 2013
In its bid to better the lots of cocoa farmers in the country, the Cocoa Association of Nigeria is working on a master plan to enhance their welfare through the provision of adequate fertilizer, pesticides, hybrid seedlings...
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Expert blames rejection of Nigerian cocoa on fraud
June 8, 2013 by Femi Makinde, Ado Ekiti 2013
The Managing Director of Armajaro Nigeria Limited, Mr. Dimeji Filani, has blamed fraudulent practices by some cocoa farmers and traders for the rejection of cocoa beans from Nigeria at the international market...
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Cocoa farmers protest non-inclusion of solo pumps in procurement
Written by Yinka Oladoyinbo - Akure Friday, 07 June 2013
Cocoa farmers across Nigeria have protested against the non-inclusion of solo pumps in the procurement notice recently advertised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development...
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Association Assures On Increased Cocoa Production
8th April, 2013
The Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it will raise cocoa production volume from the current 250,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes in the second phase of the Federal Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda....
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Cocoa association rejects new fees
April 2, 2013
The Cocoa Association of Nigeria on Monday rejected the increase in the registration fees payable by exporters and agents of the commodity in Ondo State. It asked the state government to rescind the decision because it was ...
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Nigeria made $900m from cocoa export in 2012, says Aganga
By The Nation Newspaper | Published: March 9, 2013
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has said Nigeria realised about $900m from the export of cocoa and cocoa products in 2012. He stated this during the national sensitisation workshop of the project on Sanitary...
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Commodity group targets 500,000 tonnes of cocoa yearly
By The Nation Newspaper | Published: March 1, 2013
The Federation of Agricultural Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) is working to increase cocoa production to 500,000 tonnes per year in the next five years, its President, Dr Victor Iyama, has said...
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CAN boss decries ban of cocoa exportation from Nigeria
Friday, 25 January 2013
The National President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Mr. Sayina Robinson Riman, has expressed shock at a statement credited to Cocoa Processors Association of Nigeria which purportedly called for a ban on the export of cocoa beans...
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Cocoa export ban won’t help farmers’
By The Nation Newspaper | Published: January 18, 2013
The National President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Mr Sayina Robinson Riman has said a ban on the cocoa beans export will not improve the fortunes of local farmers...
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Nigerian Cocoa Harvest Starts as Rains, Disease Threaten Yield
By Vincent Nwanma - Oct 18, 2012
Cocoa farmers in Nigeria, the world’s fourth-largest producer of the chocolate ingredient, have started the harvest for the 2012-2013 season with yields threatened by flooding...
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First Bank backs Cocoa Conference
Written by Amaka Ifeakandu Oct 03, 2012
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has thrown its weight behind the Cocoa Investment Conference slated for Jogor Center, Ibadan on October 4-5....
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