Sustainability

The world’s top cocoa producers backed down from a threat to suspend sustainability programs that they said confectioners and other buyers had prioritized over better pay for farmers. Ivory Coast and Ghana, where more than 60% of the…
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The world's top two cocoa producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana have agreed on a common position on the future of sustainability and certification programmes in the cocoa sector. Their joint decision arrived at during a 2-day Abidjan meeting…
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Head of Communications of Solidaridad West Africa, Mr Bossman Owusu, has said the Next Generation Youth in Cocoa Programme, also known as MASO, is leading the transformation of the cocoa sector in the subregion by professionalising the…
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From sourcing cocoa beans at the farm gate in 1999, Olam Cocoa has evolved into a fully integrated business, with traceability and sustainability at the core of its business and as it marks two decades of operation in the Ghana cocoa…
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Ghana has achieved yet another major milestone in cementing its position as the world’s second-largest producer of cocoa beans. On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the West African nation’s Cocoa Marketing Company (COCOBOD) saw its subsidiary,…
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Cocoa farmers have been urged to be innovative and adopt best farming practices to increase yield production. Also, they should adapt to interventions rolled out by Cocobod, such as the Productivity Enhancement Programme, so they can stay…
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A cocoa fruit juice factory has been inaugurated at Akrofuom in the Assin South District in the Central Region of Ghana. KoA Cocoa Ghana Limited is intended to add value to cocoa and ram up cocoa consumption on both the local and the…
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Switzerland based Nestlé has officially inaugurated Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry. The new research institute enables Nestlé to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and…
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