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En visite de travail aux Etats-Unis d`Amérique, la Première Dame Dominique Ouattara a été honorée le jeudi 19 juillet par la Fondation mondiale du cacao à la chancellerie de la Côte d`Ivoire à Washington, DC en…Read More »

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has honoured Mr Anthony Fofie, Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), for his immense contribution towards cocoa sustainability in Ghana.  Read more

In 2012, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) will design, develop and launch Cocoa Measurement and Progress (CocoaMAP) — a global platform of critical cocoa sector indicators developed with multistakeholder input. CocoaMAP will track progress in the…Read More »

“Better Cocoa: Driving Transformation & Measuring Success” was the theme of this year’s World Cocoa Foundation’s 21st bi-annual partnership meeting. Held in Washington, D.C., 300 guests from 28 countries attended the two-day meeting. Notable guests include…Read More »

Rajiv Shah: USAID stepped up its collaboration with the private sector in 2001, when the Agency launched its Global Development Alliance model of public-private partnerships.  Since that time, USAID has joined forces with over 3,000 organizations in…Read More »

Global cocoa sustainability stakeholders are gathering today in Washington, D.C. for the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) 21st Partnership Meeting & Roundtable Sessions. More than 300 guests from the cocoa industry, governments, NGOs, academia, and research institutes…Read More »

The ongoing drive of the federal government to give more attention to the agricultural sector received a boost at the weekend with the selection of Nigeria and three other African countries for the African Cocoa Initiative…Read More »

Over two-thirds of global cocoa production comes from small farms carved out of the humid forests of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon in West Africa. Cacao in West Africa was introduced in the late 1800s…Read More »

Blommer Chocolate Company, Chicago, the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America, today announced its plans to invest an incremental $45 million in cocoa sustainability efforts by 2020 as a part of its…Read More »

More than 70 per cent of the world’s cocoa comes from West Africa, accounting for US$8 billion in annual revenues for the region.  The crop forms the economic backbone of many West African countries and provides…Read More »