Cocoa Updates
Living to Work or Working to Live?
Do we live to work or work to live? It is a question that some of us might be reflecting… Read More
Conserving Cocoa Diversity and Flavor for Future Generations
What will the cocoa trees of the future look like? And, more importantly, how will their beans taste? Will they… Read More
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
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
Cocoa Farmers Reflect on the 2018 Partnership Meeting
The 2018 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting wrapped up less than a month ago. It was made possible by the… Read More
Brazilian Women Exchange Views on Cocoa Sustainability: Part 1
On the heels of the 2018 Partnership meeting in São Paulo, and the launch of… Read More
Guest article: Cocoa market still ‘unethical, unfair’ despite 10 years of sustainability in the industry
The cocoa and chocolate sector is becoming more sustainable but smallholder farmers are yet to be convinced 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