October 2011 Partnership Meeting & roundtable sessions
Page Index
The African Cocoa Sector: Today and Tomorrow
Innovations in Extension and Farmer Training
Roundtable #1:Farmer Organisations and Service Delivery
Roundtable #2 Engaging Youth and Empowering Communities
Advancing Regional Research Collaboration
Quality Cocoa and the Value Chain
Labour Focus: Addressing Child Labour
Roundtable #3: Soil Fertility and the Environment
Roundtable #4: Cocoa and Climate Change: The Outlook for West Africa
Roundtable #5: Lessons from Other Crops
Cocoa in Context: Meeting National Development Goals
Accra, Ghana
20th Partnership Meeting & Roundtable Sessions
October 26, 2011
Opening Ceremony [PDF 1.28MB]
- Chair: Percival Y. Kuranchie, National Investment Bank
- Anthony Fofie, Ghana Cocoa Board
- Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation
- Anne Alonzo, Kraft Foods and World Cocoa Foundation Chairwoman
- Paul Asimenu, Director of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Republic of Ghana
The African Cocoa Sector: Today and Tomorrow
- Moderator: Dimeji Owofemi, Multi-Trex Integrated Foods PLC
- Sona Ebai, World Cocoa Foundation Consultant [PDF 19KB]
- Roopak Bhat, Kraft Foods [PDF 222KB]
Innovations in Extension and Farmer Training
- Moderator: Steve Genzoli, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Rev. Kweku Abaka-Ewusi, Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease Control Unit [PDF 1972KB]
- Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng, World Education [PDF 1.98MB]
Roundtable #1: Farmer Organizations and Service Delivery
- Moderator: Taco Terheijden, Cargill
- Takyi Sraha, CNFA [PDF 671KB]
- Lucian Peppelenbos, IDH [PDF 573KB]
- Prince Agyemang-Yeboah, Chemico Limited [PDF 4090KB]
Roundtable #2: Engaging Youth, Empowering Communities
- Moderator: Andy McCormick, The Hershey Company
- Matilda Broni, Winrock Ghana
- Yaa Peprah Amekudzi, Cadbury Cocoa Partnership of Kraft Foods [PDF 384KB]
- Bernice Nyantakyi, Winrock Ghana [PDF 585KB]
Advancing Regional Research Collaboration
- Co-Moderator: Yaw Adu-Ampomah, Ghana Cocoa Board
- Serigne Diop, Nestlé R&D Centre [PDF 1091KB]
- Frank Amoah, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana [PDF 2927KB]
- Gerald Iremiren, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria [PDF 404KB]
- Amoncho Adiko, Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (Côte d'Ivoire) [PDF 3685KB]
October 27, 2011 [PDF 869KB]
Quality Cocoa and the Value Chain
- Moderator: David Rosenberg, Ecom-Agrocacao
- Kwasi Gorkeh-Sekyim, Quality Control Company [PDF 184KB]
- Kip Walk, Blommer Chocolate Company [PDF 1346KB]
Labour Focus: Addressing Child Labour
- Moderator: Bill Guyton, World Cocoa Foundation
- Hon. Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Ghana
- Malick Tohe, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, SSTE-Certification, Côte d'Ivoire [PDF 146KB]
- Kevin Willcutts, U.S. Department of Labour
- Constance Thomas, ILO/IPEC
- Tony Lass, International Cocoa Initiative [PDF 302KB]
Roundtable #3: Soil Fertility and the Environment
- Moderator: Martin Gilmour, Mars Inc.
- André de Jager, IFDC [PDF 3.68MB]
- Joël Joffre, Agricultural Input Strategies [PDF 1830KB]
Roundtable #4: Cocoa and Climate Change: The Outlook for West Africa
- Moderator: Vince McAleer, Armajaro Ghana Ltd.
- Henry Diouf, UNDP [PDF 3455KB]
- Peter Laderach, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) [PDF 6.56MB]
- Rebecca Asare, Forest Trends [PDF 2284KB]
Roundtable #5: Lessons from Other Crops
- Moderator: Nicolas Poyade, ADM
- Vanessa Adams, West Africa Trade Hub [PDF 3883KB]
- Rita Weidinger, GIZ African Cashew Initiative [PDF 1214KB]
- Christian Dahm, African Cashew Alliance [PDF 2267KB]
Cocoa in Context: Meeting National Development Goals
- Moderator: Gerry Manley, Olam International Ltd.
- Anthony Fofie, Ghana Cocoa Board [PDF 101KB]
- Kone Yves Brahima, CGFCC, Côte d'Ivoire
- Michael Ndoping, Cameroon National Cocoa and Coffee Board