[Dubai, December 3-4, 2023] – During the annual COP28 climate conference in Dubai, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), in collaboration with IDH and key government officials, proudly presented significant strides in sustainable forest conservation efforts in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Read More
[Dubaï], le 4, 2023 décembre 2023 – La World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), IDH et le Ministère des Eaux et Forêts… Read More
Colombia’s rural landscapes face a transformational challenge as more and more young individuals opt for urban settings. Driven by economic… Read More
MEET WCF’S NEW CHAIRMAN WCF’s new chairman, Nicko Debenham During WCF’s 22nd Partnership Meeting in Zurich last October, outgoing chairwoman Anne Alonzo introduced Nicko Debenham, of Armajaro Trading Ltd., as WCF’s new chairman. Nicko… Read More
The World Cocoa Foundation’s (WCF) Partnership Meetings bring together the private and public sectors from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia to share knowledge about a wide range of cocoa sustainability topics, and to collaborate on the advancement… Read More
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will be taking a holistic approach when creating community development programs that aim to strengthen rural, cocoa-farming communities in Côte d’Ivoire. Resources will be concentrated on three communities in order to obtain maximum impact. This… Read More
The World Cocoa Foundation is making quick plans to implement CocoaMAP, an online program that will track global progress in sustainable cocoa farming. Conceived through a partnership between the World Cocoa Foundation and U.S. software company aWhere, CocoaMAP… Read More
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
On January 30th 2013 in Amsterdam the most respected names from agribusiness, policy, international agencies, science and the NGO community will gather to explore opportunities to collaborate in delivering improved nutrition and sustainable agricultural markets. WCF is a supporting… Read More
West Africa accounts for nearly three quarters of the world’s cocoa production. Millions of people are employed by the sector or indirectly rely on cocoa farming to make a living. Analysts are projecting that this season cocoa production is likely… Read More
CocoaMAP is a global platform for measuring progress and tracking results in sustainable cocoa. It was announced this past June at the World Cocoa Foundation’s Partnership Meeting that was held in Washington, DC. The innovative platform is envisioned to be a web-based system with tools… Read More
Quelle est la vision de Nestlé pour une économie cacaoyère durable? En 2009, nous avons annoncé l’investissement de 110 millions de Fhc (franc suisse) (environ 44 milliards de FCfa) dans le Plan Cacao Nestlé au niveau mondial. Le Plan Cacao… Read More
Growing up in Chicago’s Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods, Anne Alonzo, ’00 (XP-69), stayed close to home for her education. As a teenager, she commuted to the Loop to study shorthand and typing. She then went on to earn degrees… Read More
