Improving Cocoa Productivity through Integrated Soil Fertility Management Practices
Cocoa plantations in West Africa are sometimes not as productive as expected, yielding low income for farmers. To compensate and… Read More
Blogs
Côte d’Ivoire to Develop World’s First Cocoa Waste-to-Power Facility
As the largest cocoa producer in the world, Côte d’Ivoire has tremendous potential to capitalize on abundant cocoa waste to… Read More
Changing the Cocoa Sustainability Game from the Ground Up
For farmers like Paul Bett Shangai, successful maize farming is essential to a secured livelihood. He and his family live… Read More
Interview: Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Progress
On May 23, WCF member Mondelēz International held a Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) workshop on the sidelines of the… Read More
Amsterdam, Cocoa City: Past, Present, and Future
Amsterdam is the largest importer of cocoa in the world, with more than 600,000 tons of cocoa beans finding their… Read More
Optimizing Cocoa Agroforests
Meeting growing worldwide demand for cocoa products requires sustained production of cocoa beans, which requires healthy soils, effective control of… Read More
Championing the Future of Cocoa Farming with Technology
One of today’s most pressing cocoa sustainability challenges is the fact that young people do not see a future in… Read More
Breaking the Cycle of Child Labor in Cocoa Production
Almost two decades ago, the International Convention on the Rights of the Child declared that all children… Read More
Is the Commodity Era Over?
I’ve recently begun to wonder if we’re moving away from the world of commodities as we’ve known them for hundreds… Read More
Using Low-Input Technologies to Limit Insect-Related Cocoa Decline
Photo by Dr. Megan Wilkerson Ghana is the world’s second largest producer of cocoa. However, farmers are not able… Read More