Whitakers’ a chocolate company based in New Zealand has donated nose mask and hand Sanitizers to cocoa farmer cooperatives in Assin Fosu to improve their sanitation in the fight against the COVID-19. The donation was presented on behalf of the New Zealand company by its partners in Ghana, Agro Eco. The items included; 2000 pieces […]
The West African Organic Conference (WAOC) is held every two years in one of the countries in the sub-region. So far, Nigeria, Benin and Mali have hosted it. Ghana is proud to host the organic conference in 2019. Read More #letsgoOrganic https://www.waoc.bio
As the prognosis for climate change worsens – with a new UN report calling for immediate global action to avoid catastrophe – the cocoa sector has an unprecedented opportunity to help cocoa farmers to adapt and thrive. Already, cocoa and chocolate companies are supporting farmers to adopt good agronomic practices that improve their productivity and resilience. The industry […]
In the 2nd and 3rd week of July, Sustainable Food Lab in collaboration with Agro Eco, LandMapp, World Cocoa Foundation and the RMSC Dept.of the Forestry Commission started registration of shade trees for farmers in the Wast Amenfi West District. The registration would also help farmers own all the trees in the farms and would […]
In the 3rd and 4th weeks of March, the trainers at various RSCs were gathered for refresher training at Goaso. The training was designed to equip the agronomists and other staff of the RSCs with Facilitation skills and to refresh them on the content of the CCE Training Manual. Most of the training was done […]
In the first week of March, the entire management of Agro Eco attended a team building training at the GILLBT Guest house in Accra. The training focused on forming a formidable team to face the current fierce competition and challenges in the industry. Various exercises and discussions were held to encourage team work within the […]