Cocoa Updates
Empowered Women Can Change the World, and Cocoa-growing Communities
Each year, on International Women's Day, we celebrate women in our societies. As Social Development director at the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), it is my job every day to make sure the potential of women in cocoa growing communities is fulfilled. Read More
Child Labor Has No Place in the Cocoa Supply Chain
The cocoa and chocolate industry believes that every child needs a safe and conducive environment to… Read More
Barry Callebaut first to train cocoa farmers in Cameroon
Barry Callebaut, manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate, has begun training members of five farmer cooperatives in the Central region of Cameroon to enable them to become independently certified by Rainforest Alliance. Read more… Read More
Barry Callebaut trains 50 cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire to be certified by Rainforest Alliance
Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has trained 15,000 cocoa farmers from 50 farmer cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire in sustainable cocoa production, enabling them to become independently certified by Rainforest Alliance. The cooperatives are… Read More
Armajaro joins fight against child labour issues
Armajaro Trading is showing ‘genuine commitment’ to cocoa labour issues by becoming the first cocoa trader to join the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), says the foundation. Read more… Read More
Encouraging Profitable, Sustainable, Cocoa Growing
According to Bill Guyton, President of the World Cocoa Foundation, who visited IFC recently, cocoa is a potential economic engine in tropical rural areas, generating incomes and opportunities for farm families and communities. During his visit, Guyton highlighted the importance… Read More
Africa Grows Too Hot to Grow Chocolate
Climate change could destroy West Africa’s cocoa farms, disrupting domestic and international economies, experts say. By 2060, more than half of the cocoa-producing countries in the region may be too hot to grow the crop, according to a report released… Read More
Hershey’s CocoaLink Program Supports Farmers in Ghana
The Hershey Company, in association with the Ghana Cocoa Board and the World Cocoa Foundation, is running an innovative mobile telephony outreach program to benefit the cocoa growing farmers in Ghana. In its first year, CocoaLink, has already delivered more… Read More
Business Perspective Changes Farmer’s Life
Mr. Yaw Nyarko is a cocoa farmer in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He resides in Akote Krom; a community… Read More
FG plans to boost cocoa output
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday announced plans to increase cocoa production as parts of its effort to restore the country’s lost glory in the production of the cash crop. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, made this… Read More
June 2012 WCF/USDA Research Update
The WCF/USDA Research Update is authored by Dr. Robert Lumsden. RESEARCH GROUPS: From Andrew Daymond: To all our cocoa colleagues, Please find the latest edition of the International Cocoa Quarantine Centre Newsletter: ICQR June Newsletter. From Chris Turnbull, School of… Read More
Hershey’s CocoaLink Mobile Phone Program Delivers 100,000 Farmer and Family Messages During First Year in Ghana
Ghana cocoa farmers have received more than 100,000 messages related to better farming and family well-being during the first year of CocoaLink, a mobile phones outreach program, sponsored by The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and… Read More