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The World Cocoa Foundation is making quick plans to implement CocoaMAP, an online program that will track global progress in sustainable cocoa farming. Conceived through a partnership between the World Cocoa Foundation and U.S. software company…Read More »

West Africa accounts for nearly three quarters of the world’s cocoa production. Millions of people are employed by the sector or indirectly rely on cocoa farming to make a living. Analysts are projecting that this season…Read More »

CocoaMAP is a global platform for measuring progress and tracking results in sustainable cocoa. It was announced this past June at the World Cocoa Foundation’s Partnership Meeting that was held in Washington, DC. The innovative platform is envisioned to be a…Read More »

Quelle est la vision de Nestlé pour une économie cacaoyère durable? En 2009, nous avons annoncé l’investissement de 110 millions de Fhc (franc suisse) (environ 44 milliards de FCfa) dans le Plan Cacao Nestlé au niveau…Read More »

Growing up in Chicago’s Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods, Anne Alonzo, ’00 (XP-69), stayed close to home for her education. As a teenager, she commuted to the Loop to study shorthand and typing. She then went…Read More »

Seven research scientists, from Africa, Asia and Latin America, will come to the United States next year to study cocoa production. They were chosen by the Washington-based World Cocoa Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture…Read More »

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) announced Nicko Debenham as chairman for the 2013 – 2015 term at a meeting in Zurich, according to the WCF. Debenham is the director of development and sustainability at Armajaro Trading…Read More »

La Fondation Mondiale du cacao (WCF) a présenté à la presse l’heureux bénéficiaire d’une bourse d’études pour les études les États-Unis ce lundi 19 novembre dans ses locaux aux deux plateaux. N’guessan Pierre puisque c’est bien…Read More »

With beta-testing starting this fall in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Indonesia, the WCF’s Cocoa Measurement and Progress (CocoaMAP) initiative is the first program of its kind to track the advancements of the cocoa sector’s performance and…Read More »

Are you ready for chocolate school? Blue Bandana Chocolate Maker, the artisanal chocolate company launched this year by Eric Lampman, son of Lake Champlain Chocolates founder Jim Lampman, is offering an insight Saturday into how the…Read More »