Ghana to finalise $600 mln cocoa loan package this week JOHANNESBURG, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Ghana's cocoa regulator
will this week finalise a $600 million loan to finance new
warehouses, rehabilitate plantations and support the processing
sector, officials said on Monday.
Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:06:58 +0000 Ivory Coast drier spell, sun boost cocoa crop - farmers ABIDJAN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Below average rainfall mixed
with long sunny spells last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa
regions will improve growing conditions after weeks of wet
weather, farmers said on Monday.
Mon, 11 Nov 2019 13:01:48 +0000 Ivory Coast petroleum ministry announces tenders for five offshore blocks CAPE TOWN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's petroleum
ministry announced tenders for five offshore oil blocks during a
presentation at the Africa Oil Week conference in Cape Town on
Wednesday.
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:39:43 +0000 Ivory Coast cocoa farmers hope for more sunny days ABIDJAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Heavy rainfall last week in most
of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions was accompanied by some
of the sunniest days in months, improving bean quality, farmers
said on Monday.
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:29:01 +0000 Fall Armyworms Are Ravaging Crops in Many African Countries "They've finished eating the wild plants and are now going into the villages where there is more vegetation. They eat everything in their path. All plant life is at risk."
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West African French-speaking country -bordered by Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Gulf of Guinea -world's biggest producer of cacao -In 2009, the country's population was estimated at over 20 million.
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:42:15 GMT Teaching Children Regardless of Grade Educators in a remote valley in India devised a community approach to instructing students when teachers were sparse. It’s catching on.
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:52:45 GMT A Taste of Ivory Coast in Brooklyn Cheick Cisse, the owner of New Ivoire in Harlem, opened Paradis des Gouts hoping to share the food of his childhood with those outside his immigrant community.
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:34:55 GMT Women Finding Empowerment in ‘A World of Smoke’ In an impoverished port city in the Ivory Coast, women formed a cooperative to eke out a living making charcoal from the castoffs of sawmills and workshops.
