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Sustainability category presents updates on sustainability efforts by governments, organisations and research institutions to ensuring cocoa is preserved, produced and consumed in a responsible manner.
EU/Côte d’Ivoire: €1bn To Support The Ivorian Cocoa Sector, Really?
During the weekend of 20 February, Jobst von Kirchmann, the European Union (EU) ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, proposed a package worth up to €1bn ($1.2bn) destined for the Ivorian cocoa industry over the period 2021-2027 to help it…
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Fairafric Flays Big Chocolate On Refusal To Pay $400 LID To Tackle Cocoa Farmer Poverty
Organic chocolate social enterprise, fairafric, has taken a swipe at giant chocolate makers for their alleged refusal to buy Africa's cocoa beans in an apparent move to skirt a $400 per ton premium termed the Living Income Differential…
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Ghana Launches Pension Scheme For Cocoa Farmers
Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has launched a pension scheme for cocoa farmers thirty-six years after the promulgation of a law to that effect.
An estimated 1.5 million cocoa farmers are expected to enrol on the scheme…
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Cocoa Barometer Demands System Change To End Cocoa Poverty
After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labour and deforestation. The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report published this week is a rallying call…
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Ghana And Ivory Coast Reviewing FCC Membership, Exit CMAA
The world's top two cocoa producers have cancelled their membership of the Cocoa Merchants Association of America (CMAA) amidst a row with chocolate manufacturers, according to Reuters.
Ghana and Ivory Coast have accused the CMAA of aiding…
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Cocoa Superpowers Ghana and Ivory Coast Go Hard With American Chocolate Giant Hershey
Ghana and Ivory Coast are said to cancel all cocoa sustainability schemes run by American chocolate manufacturing giant - Hershey - within their jurisdictions, according to reports by Reuters News Agency.
The chocolate maker is allegedly…
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Ecocare Ghana Back Campaign To Secure Equitable Income For Cocoa Farmers In Africa
Managing Campaigner for EcoCare Ghana, Mr. Obed Owusu-Addai, and his organization have thrown their support behind the ongoing “Securing Equitable Living Income for Cocoa Farmers campaign” that is seeking to eliminate extreme poverty among…
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Cocoa Growing Giants Threaten To Suspend Sustainability Schemes
Ghana’s cocoa regulator has threatened to suspend the sustainability schemes used by major cocoa and chocolate companies to assure consumers that the beans they use are sustainably and ethically sourced.
In comments to the World Cocoa…
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COCOBOD Launches ‘Operation 60 Pods’ Productivity Initiative
Cocoa farmers in Ghana stand to rake in some whooping Gh¢11,484 from every acre of farm if every tree on their farm is supported to produce at least 60 mature pods.
An acre of a well lined and pegged farm contains about 435 cocoa trees and…
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World Cocoa Foundation President Raises Concerns Over ‘Unprecedented Challenges’ At Partnership…
President of the World Cocoa Foundation Rick Scobey, has raised concerns over the ‘unprecedented challenges’ facing the sector in his opening remarks for the organisation’s annual partnership meeting, writes Neill Barston
Speaking on the…
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