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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.
FairTrade USA to Pay 20 Percent More For Its Cocoa Purchases Effective October
Fair Trade USA has set out a policy of increasing its minimum price and Community Development Premium for cocoa by 20 per cent as of October 2019.
The organisation said the move would help farmers in a bid to become closer to earning a…
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Cocoa and Gunshots: The struggle to Save a Threatened Forest in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve provides important habitat for animals such as forest elephants, as well as drinking water for the city of Lagos.
But the reserve has been severely deforested, losing more than 7 percent of its tree cover…
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Media Personnel Schooled on Cocoa and Forest Initiative in Ghana
Media personnel on Thursday were trained on Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI), a programme being implemented by leading cocoa-producing countries and companies towards safeguarding forests.
The CFI is a programme, which has seen the…
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Making Art and Chocolate with School Children in Ghana
World Cocoa Foundation member Meiji Co., Ltd., based in Japan, supports independent cocoa farmers under the “Meiji Cocoa Support” program.
This includes art classes and chocolate-making classes for Ghanaian school children.
A program…
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COCOBOD to Distribute 60 Million Hybrid Seedlings to Farmers
COCOBOD will this year distribute about 60 million hybrid cocoa seedlings free of charge to farmers across cocoa growing districts to plant to increase their yield and incomes.
Mr Kwadwo Danso, Ashanti Regional Manager of Cocoa Health and…
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Yayra Glover Advocates Organic Cocoa Farming In Ghana
Mr Yayrator Glover, Chief Executive Officer of Yayra Glover Ghana Limited, an organic cocoa production company, has advocated for investments in organically cultivated cocoa to help the nation reclaim its place as the world's highest…
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COCOBOD Launches Cocoa Farmer Cooperatives to Advance Productivity and Sustainability
Cocoa farmer groups or associations have become a mobilisation point for farmers who unite to advance the course of their businesses.
Cocoa farmer cooperatives born by friendship but mostly expand to comprise farmers in the same catchment…
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Ghana Explores New Market in China For Cocoa and Cocoa Products
Ghana has been participating in the 2019 Tea Expo being held at Hangzhou, China, as the second-largest cocoa producer in the world seeks new markets in Asia for cocoa and cocoa products.
Ghana was invited by the Chinese Government as a…
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Mondelēz Projects 100% Sustainable Cocoa Sourcing by 2025
Globa chocolate giant, Mondelēz International, has projected to 100 percent sustainable for all its chocolate brands by 2015.
The renewed commitment comes following promising results in Mondelez International's Cocoa Life sustainability…
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