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Richard Scobey, President of the World Cocoa Foundation, represented WCF at a Meeting of Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Cocoa Market Developments convened by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) on July 19-20, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The Meeting…Read More »

WCF is pleased to welcome Kumasi, Ghana-based Kookoo Pa Farmers Organisation as our newest member. In joining WCF, Kookoo Pa said, “Kookoo Pa is happy to be part of a great family of cocoa chain actors…Read More »

WCF is pleased to welcome Barcelona, Spain-based Idilia Foods as our newest member. In joining WCF, Idilia Foods said, “As a Spanish manufacturer of leading brands cocoa products, Idilia Foods wants to promote its commitment with…Read More »

WCF is pleased to welcome Barcelona, Spain-based Nederland S.A. as our newest member. In joining WCF, Mario Snellenberg, the company’s commercial director said, “With our cocoa and chocolate heritage spreading over more than 80 years and…Read More »

Hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales, leading chocolate and cocoa companies commit to develop cooperative, multi-stakeholder framework to address deforestation and forest degradation in the cocoa supply chain LONDON – March 16, 2017 – Twelve…Read More »

WCF is pleased to welcome Waldenbuch, Germany-based chocolate maker Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. as our newest member. In joining WCF, Tim Hoppe, the company’s project manager for strategic raw materials projects stated, “As a family-owned…Read More »

For the first time in West Africa, a regional symposium focusing on the next generation of cocoaresearch for West and Central Africa will take place 8‐10 November, at the International Institute ofTropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan,…Read More »

$12 Million in New Funding Announced for Farmer Support Programs; Call to Action on Regional Threat Posed by Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus ABIDJAN (October 31, 2016) – Last week, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), in collaboration…Read More »

Nearly 500 representatives of the global chocolate and cocoa sector, including farmers, have gathered in Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s leading producer of cocoa, to address critical sustainability issues confronting the crop, which is the main source…Read More »

What happens when the world’s four largest cocoa and chocolate companies and an international child and youth development foundation join forces? Nothing less than achieving measureable impact through community development and education in Côte d’Ivoire with…Read More »