COCOA POST

There is a great opportunity for chocolatiers who process their chocolates at the country of origin to present their products for an award in Paris this May 2021. The AVPA Chocolates Processed at Origin contest will pave way for almost…
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Six cocoa cooperatives in Ivory Coast have succeeded in creating their own data system through a partnership with agricultural technology firms and Fairtrade. The data system pilot project in the West African nation is aimed at…
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News about China exporting cocoa to Belgium has unsettled many in Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa beans exporter. Concerns are that the Chinese, with capital and technology, will outcompete Africa's cocoa producers whose…
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Lack of data is the key setback in Cocoa production and marketing in Uganda. Emmanuel Lubega, the Uganda-South Sudan national coordinator at the East African Business Council-EABC, argues that even when hundreds of farmers are involved…
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Ghana has been growing cocoa for about one and half centuries. Once the world's number one producer of cocoa beans, it lost that spot to neighbouring Ivory Coast. The nature of the country's cocoa economy has barely changed since the…
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A massive shakeup in management at Barry Callebaut Group has seen the Board of Directors appoint Peter F. Boone as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2021. Boone is the current President Region Americas and a member…
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More than 5,000 hectares of cocoa farmlands in the Western North Region have been destroyed by illegal mining activities (galamsey). This was disclosed by the Deputy Chief Executive in-Charge of Agronomy and Quality Control at the Ghana…
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Global snacking giant, Mondelēz International and Olam, a leading supplier of cocoa beans and cocoa ingredients, have teamed up to create a 2000-hectare sustainable commercial cocoa farm in Indonesia. The world's single largest commercial…
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Venchi, the Italian chocolate and gelato manufacturer, has successfully introduced an exciting new addition to its range of sorbet made from cocoa fruit. The vegan Venchi gelato is based on Koa Pure, a 100% natural cocoa fruit juice…
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World's number one cocoa beans producer - Ivory Coast - has reduced its farmgate price for the commodity by 9 percent, according to International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO)'s Cocoa Market Report for March 2021. This price reduction means…
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