Cocoa farmers cannot meet world demand for the crop
A shortage of cocoa is affecting Grenada’s ability to earn much more for the product on the world market. According to a source to the...
Grenada Cocoa Association (GCA)
Sen. St Clair addresses merger and liberalization
The farmers’ representative in the Senate, Roderick St Clair has dropped hints that the issue of Merger of the two major commodity boards on the...
Nutmeg and cocoa merger talks
There appears to be no headway in efforts being made by the Keith Mitchell-led ruling New National Party (NNP) government to merge the Grenada Co-operative...
Merger talks are now “lame duck”
With general elections looming, the Keith Mitchell-led New National Party (NNP) government has apparently put a halt to its plans to force the Grenada Co-operative...
No loan given to GCNA
The Keith Mitchell-led government has reneged on a promise made to nutmeg farmers to provide them with an EC$2 million soft loan at the low...
Nutmeg and cocoa merger back on the table
The Keith Mitchell-led government in the Botanical Gardens in St George is making another attempt to dissolve the Grenada Cocoa Association (GCA) and the Grenada...
Disgruntled farmers label Peter David “a saga boy Minister”
Farmers on the island are beginning to express disappointment with newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Peter David with some of them accusing him of showing...
Cocoa farmers get EC$1 million grant from gov’t
The Grenada Cocoa Association (GCA) has finally received the EC$1 million grant from government to help pay farmers for their produce. According to a well-placed...
Cocoa farmers get a small increase in price
The Grenada Cocoa Association (GCA) is offering farmers a small increase in price for the commodity in order to get more produce for export. An...
Farmers are more hopeful of David than Bain-Horsford
Farmers in Grenada are optimistic that they can have a better working relationship with newly installed Agriculture Minister, Peter David than his predecessor, Yolande Bain-Horsford,...
Cocoa farmers are preparing for the fight
Chairman of the Grenada Cocoa Association (GCA), Pastor Christopher Williams has sounded a warning to farmers to be on the look-out as the Keith Mitchell-led...
Merger and liberalisation will dominate AGM of cocoa farmers
When cocoa farmers assemble in St. Andrew next week Thursday for their Annual General Meeting (AGM), the issue of liberalisation of the industry and the...
Cocoa farmers reply to Minister of Agriculture
The Grenada Cocoa Association (GCA) has denied that its Chairman Pastor Christopher Williams has abandoned a 5-member Merger Committee set up by the Keith Mitchell-led...
Campbell: Assets are key for nutmeg farmers
Incoming member on the Board of Directors of the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association (GCNA), Byron Campbell has identified the giving of assets to farmers as...
Byron Campbell believes that he can be useful to GCNA
Former Chairman of the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association (GCNA), Byron Campbell who is returning to the Board of Directors of the commodity body for another...
Farmers are pumped up for the fight
Farmers in Grenada will put up stiff resistance to moves being made by the ruling New National Party (NNP) government of Prime Minister Dr. Keith...
Baptiste rips into Yolande Bain-Horsford and Sen. DeAllie
Former Minister of Agriculture, Michael Baptiste has come out in favour of farmers who are opposed to the latest effort by the Keith Mitchell-led government...
Minister Joseph: The NNP government is not interested in running GCNA and GCA
The Grenada government is hitting back at farmers who have voiced strong opposition to plans to merge the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association (GCNA) and the...
New draft bill to merge nutmeg and cocoa associations
In the face of widespread opposition from farmers on the island, the Keith Mitchell-led ruling New National Party (NNP) government has made sweeping changes to...
Merger and liberalisation of cocoa and nutmeg industry
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has told the farming community that the ruling New National Party (NNP) will pursue its plans to merge the Grenada...