Seventy percent of the world’s cocoa now comes from West Africa, where family-run farms have proliferated across the landscape in recent decades. Yet in a paradox, the spread of these nonnative cocoa trees often contributes to deforestation. Rather than planting… Read More
One of the objectives of the WCF Cocoa Livelihoods Program is to develop and scale up new innovations and best… Read More
In January 2007 the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), introduced new WCF member, Fazer, to the southeastern… Read More
The World Cocoa Foundation organized the 22nd Partnership Meeting & Roundtable Sessions in collaboration with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO on October 24-25, 2012 in Zurich. I participated in a panel discussion on “Lessons on Addressing Child Labor from… Read More
In early September, I had the opportunity to accompany our partners at TechnoServe to visit several WCF CLP farmer communities… Read More
Cocoa scientist Dr. Louis Koko is the first-ever USDA/WCF Borlaug Cocoa Fellow from Côte d’Ivoire. On September 10, he spoke at a press conference in Abidjan organized by WCF and attended by nearly 30 representatives of local and international media. Read More
Demand for cocoa is soaring around the world – growing 2 to 3 percent each year. Perhaps nowhere is that growth stronger than in Asia, particularly in China and India. Given the demand, the ability to grow cocoa locally in… Read More
Cocoa Paper was proud to attend the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) partnership meeting held in Washington DC on June 13 & 14, 2012. Represented by Kate Janetski, Managing Director of PT. Community Solutions International, Cocoa Paper joined over 300 individuals… Read More
Cocoa producing regions throughout Côte d’Ivoire are battling declining yields and increased tree mortality, but affordable fertilizer production and distribution is one of the most effective tools to help reverse this trend. And we’re excited to announce that the first shipment… Read More
I last posted about a series of meetings in January involving representatives from the Governments of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, officials of the US Department of Labor, the congressional offices of Tom Harkin and Eliot Engel and the global cocoa industry – the… Read More