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
Grant Reid talked with last week with NJBiz reporter Melinda Caliendo about Mars’s vision to purchase all our cocoa from sustainable sources by 2020. Mars Global Chocolate is headquartered in NJ, and it’s great news for the cocoa industry that… Read More
Mr. Yaw Nyarko is a cocoa farmer in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He resides in Akote Krom; a community… Read More
Recently, the WCF CLP participants from the New Ebudiase area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana completed a training in… Read More
CasaLuker is a family‐owned enterprise founded more than 100 years ago, in 1906, in the small Colombian city of Manizales. Read More
The WCF African Cocoa Initiative (WCF/ACI) was officially launched in Cameroon, during a ceremony in Yaounde on July 20, 2012. Read More