Cocoa

Olam Cocoa has confirmed a new digitally-led initiative enhancing measures in Cameroon aimed at tackling child labour through monitoring and a specific programme of action. The move forms part of the company’s global commitment to put…
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Netherlands-based ethical confectionery business Tony’s Chocolonely has accelerated its mission to achieve a 100% slave-free chocolate industry with a major €36 million investment in the business by Verlinvest and JamJar. The two…
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COCOBOD in its quest to reduce drudgery and introduce modern practices in cocoa farming has out-doored motorized pruners and slashers for weeding and pruning in cocoa farms across the country. Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive of…
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Illegal mining is seriously hurting investments made by the Ghana Cocoa Board in cocoa production across the country. This is because cocoa farmers who have received various productivity enhancement programmes being implemented by…
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Ghana's cocoa sector regulator (COCOBOD) is poised to expand the country's earnings from cocoa through strategic investment in local processing capacity and value addition. Cocobod in November 2019 successfully signed a $600 million Africa…
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Caobisco, the trade association for the European chocolate, biscuits and confectionery manufacturing sector, has issued a statement calling for collective due diligence across the industry’s supply chain to address key human rights and…
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