Cocoa Updates
Ghana: New CREMA Executives Trained to Effectively Manage Natural Resources in Their Communities
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), with support from Mondelēz International, have trained 250 newly elected executives (including 75 women) of the Ayum-Asuokow Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) in the Brong Ahafo Region, to enhance their skills on effective natural resources management. Read More
Bahia notebook: Why is rubber so important to the growing of cocoa in Brazil?
As part of a field trip for delegates at the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting in Sao Paulo in October, WCF organized a visit to CEPLAC so industry experts could see for themselves the work being carried out to not only help and promote Brazil's cocoa farmers under the cabruca system - but also its scientific research into creating a more sustainable environment through bio-diversity and agroforestry. Read More
Cargill outlines plan to end cocoa deforestation
Cargill has outlined its plan to eliminate deforestation from its cocoa supply chain. The Protect Our Planet plan provides concrete actions the company is taking to achieve 100 percent cocoa bean traceability and includes a commitment of “no further conversion” of any forest land in Ghana and Ivory Coast for cocoa production. It also expands the company’s forest efforts to five origin countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Ghana) as well as the indirect cocoa supply chain, while securing the future livelihoods and resilience of smallholder cocoa farmers. 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
From Farmers to Consumers: All Hands On Deck for Innovative Agroforestry
Last year, during a visit to the Dominican Republic, I asked Apolinar Sanchez Rosas, a cocoa farmer, why he was… Read More
Investing in Small Farm Renovation: The Business Case
In a relatively short period of time, we have witnessed how the destructive combination of climate change, low productivity, and… Read More
Is the End of Cocoa-Related Deforestation Within Reach?
“How much rainforest is in that chocolate bar?,” asked the World Resources Institute in a thoughtful blog several years ago. The… Read More
Is the End of Cocoa-Related Deforestation Within Reach?
“How much rainforest is in that chocolate bar?,” asked the World Resources Institute in a thoughtful blog several years… Read More
‘You’ll find very few people who disagree with the idea that farmers should earn a living income’
In the week Fairtrade made a major announcement on increasing its Minimum Price for cocoa and upping its farmers' premium payments, Jon Walker, the foundation's senior cocoa advisor, talks exclusively to Confectionery News about Fairtrade's strategy for the future in ending farmer poverty. Read More
Ghana: New CREMA Executives Trained to Effectively Manage Natural Resources in Their Communities
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), with support from Mondelēz International, have trained 250 newly elected executives (including 75 women) of the Ayum-Asuokow Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) in the Brong Ahafo Region, to enhance their skills on effective natural resources management. Read More