Early Detection Can Eradicate Cocoa Disease in West Africa
With over two million smallholder farmers and 10 million people in West and Central Africa relying on cocoa as their… Read More
Blogs
What We’re Doing Inside Hershey Today to Preserve Memories Outside for Tomorrow
I walked around the office, asking people to recall a good memory. After getting some strange looks, which is normal for… Read More
Brazilian Women Exchange Views on Cocoa Sustainability: Part 2
Shortly following the 2018 Partnership Meeting in São Paulo and the launch of CocoaAction… Read More
Fighting Climate Change and Poverty with Agroforestry
During the 2018 Partnership Meeting, Petra Heid, head of sustainability for WCF member Chocolats Halba, gave an inspiring talk on… Read More
Janet Kwaa: a Working Mother in Pursuit of Better Opportunities For her Children
Just after the birth of her second child more than four years ago, Janet Kwaa began farming cocoa on 4.5 acres of land in southern Ghana. With two young mouths to feed, the 27-year-old has a set regimen for her… Read More
Brazil and Peru Trade Expertise on Cocoa Agroforestry in First-Ever Exchange
Brazil is currently the seventh-largest producer of cocoa in the world, with approximately 200,000 tons per year. But in the… Read More
“It is cocoa that sustains us” but future generations “will not be farmers”
N’Guessan Michel is a cocoa farmer on the rise. His 5.22-hectare plot increased its cocoa yield by more than 70% after he underwent productivity training two years ago with the COOPAA cooperative in Oreskrobou in Southeastern Côte d’Ivoire. Additional coaching on life skills — family issues, raising kids, managing money — benefits his family of six. Read More
Investing in Biodiversity, Great Taste, and Farmers
World Cocoa Foundation member Puratos is an international group based in Belgium offering a full range of products for artisans,… Read More
Bridging the Science-Industry Gap to Help Cocoa Farmers Adapt & Thrive
As the prognosis for climate change worsens – with a new UN report calling for immediate global action to… Read More