World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting
Page Index
- Keynote Address
- Opening Remarks
- Country Roadmaps for Cocoa Sustainability
- Workshop #1: Strengthening Farmer Organizations
- Workshop #2: Building Best Practice Models for Farmer Training
- Workshop #3: Improving Environmental Stewardship
- Labor Certification Update
- Best Practice Models in Other Industries
- Cocoa Market and Consumer Expectations
- Meeting Summary
- Closing Remarks
October 24-25 , 2007
Washington, DC
Keynote Address
- Dr. Sarah E. Moten, US Agency for International Development [Remarks - PDF: 28 KB]
Opening Remarks
- Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation
- Co-Vice Chair: Kip Walk, Blommer Chocolate Company
- Secretary/Treasurer: Alain Fredericq, ADM Cocoa [Remarks - PDF: 45 KB]
- Robert Peck, World Cocoa Foundation
- Tracey Duffey, World Cocoa Foundation [Presentation -PDF: 797 KB]
Country Roadmaps for Cocoa Sustainability
- Moderator: John C. Long, The Hershey Company
- Dr. René Kossa, Ministry of Agriculture (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) [Presentation - PDF: 21 KB]
- Tony Fofie, Ghana Cocoa Board [Presentation - PDF: 576 KB]
- Darmawan Djajusman, Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board [Presentation 1.13 MB]
Workshop #1: Strengthening Farmer Organizations
- Moderator: Alain Fredericq, ADM Cocoa
- Saurabh Mehra, Olam International Ltd. [Presentation - PDF: 211 KB]
- T.J. Ryan, ACDI/VOCA [Presentation - PDF: 565 KB]
- Peter van Grinsven, Mars Incorporated [Presentation - PDF: 886 KB]
Workshop #2: Building Best Practice Models for Farmer Training
- Moderator: Steve Genzoli, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Kehinde Ajao, National Cocoa Development Committee of teh Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (Nigeria) [Paper - PDF: 40 KB]
- Dr. Chris Okafor, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Sustainable Tree Crops Program [Presentation - PDF: 668 KB]
- Francisco Gómez, CasaLuker Colombia [Presentation - PDF: 959 KB]
Workshop #3: Improving Environmental Stewardship
- Moderators: Ruth Anna Stolk, Smithsonian Institute and Dr. V. C. Baligar, US Department of Agriculture [Presentation - PDF: 112 KB]
- Dr. Götz Schroth, Conservation International [Presentation - PDF: 1 MB]
- Richard Asare, Forest & Landscape Denmark/International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Sustainable Tree Crops Program [Presentation - PDF: 212 KB]
- Martin Aitken, Mars Center for Cocoa Science [Presentation - PDF: 1.7 MB]
Labor Certification Update
- Moderator: Tracey Duffey, World Cocoa Foundation
- The Honorable Hubert Oulaye, Minister of Civil Service and Employment, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
- The Honorable Akosua Frema Osei Opare, Deputy Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Republic of Ghana [Presentation - PDF: 142 KB]
- Jeff Morgan, Mars Incorporated [Presentation - PDF: 88 KB]
- Mil Niepold, Verité [Presentation - PDF: 180 KB]
Best Practice Models in Other Industries
- Kai Robertson, World Wildlife Fund [Presentation - PDF: 1.2 MB]
- Thomas Oberthür, International Center for Tropical Agriculture [Paper - PDF: 149 KB]
- Edward Millard, Rainforest Alliance [ To view Rainforest Alliance's sustainable agriculture standard, go to the web site www.rainforest-alliance.org/agriculture]
Cocoa Market and Consumer Expectations
- Jim Corcoran, National Confectioners Association [Presentation - PDF: 585 KB]
Meeting Summary
- Vincent Zeller, ANECACAO [Remarks - PDF: 25 KB]
Closing Remarks
- John C. Long, The Hershey Company [Remarks - PDF: 20 KB]