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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/johnvents-cocoa-value-addition-interview",
  "slug": "johnvents-cocoa-value-addition-interview",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-17",
  "sourceName": "Premium Times",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/917750-interview-how-johnvents-is-turning-nigerias-cocoa-challenges-into-a-global-agribusiness.html",
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  "tags": [
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  "content": {
    "title": "Johnvents founder describes a push to expand Nigerian cocoa processing",
    "summary": "In a Premium Times interview, John Alamu discussed investment in cocoa and cashew processing, farmer support and the challenge of building value-added agribusiness in Nigeria.",
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        "heading": "Johnvents founder describes a push to expand Nigerian cocoa processing",
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          "In a Premium Times interview, John Alamu discussed investment in cocoa and cashew processing, farmer support and the challenge of building value-added agribusiness in Nigeria.",
          "Alamu said the company grew from work with farmers and commodity trading into processing and consumer products. He pointed to finance, market access, ageing cocoa trees and quality as issues for the wider sector."
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