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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has been awarded a grant that could eventually help the entire cocoa industry make cocoa production more environmentally friendly. The money — from the Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program (BACP) of…Read More »

ROLLE, SWITZERLAND, Feb. 27, 2013 – The SCPP (Sustainable Cocoa Production Program), a training program supported by ADM’s sustainability program, S.E.R.A.P. (Socially and Environmentally Responsible Agricultural Practices), IDH (The Sustainable Trade Initiative) and SECO (Suisse State…Read More »

Abidjan, 26 fev (AIP) – Dans le cadre du programme Initiative Africaine du Cacao (ACI), un atelier sous-régional sur la fertilisation des sols en cacaoculture s’est ouvert mardi à Grand-Bassam, à l’attention de plus de 60…Read More »

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and US-based chocolate producer TCHO have entered into a partnership to introduce innovations and quality improvements to cocoa grown in Ghana. As a part of the project, WCF and TCHO will…Read More »

Despite its youth and size, San Francisco-based chocolate maker Tcho is making large-scale efforts to improve the global cocoa market, starting with Ghana. The company is collaborating with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) to introduce a…Read More »

Seeing is believing. In order to better communicate the capabilities and innovations available in cocoa and chocolate production equipment, Royal Duyvis Wiener and F.B. Lehmann organized Cocoa and Choco Days at their respective facilities in Koog…Read More »

Last October Hershey, Pennsylvania-based Hershey Company revealed their plans to a global commitment of having 100 percent certified cocoa beans by 2020. Additionally, at the start of 2013 all of Hershey’s Bliss Chocolates are to be…Read More »

Tulip Cocoa Processing Company has indicated plans to expand its processing factory to Ikom, Cross River State, to further strengthen its position in the cocoa processing business. The company which currently has its factory in Ondo…Read More »

Cocoa, Ghana’s “black gold” is one of her highest earning cash crops. Over the years, it has been the major source of employment and income for hundreds of thousands of rural dwellers across the country. Ghana…Read More »

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will be taking a holistic approach when creating community development programs that aim to strengthen rural, cocoa-farming communities in Côte d’Ivoire.  Resources will be concentrated on three communities in order to…Read More »