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Les 15 et 16 Octobre 2012, Nestlé a inauguré deux bâtiments de 3 classes à Manhounou, dans le département de Daloa et à Kranzadougou dans le département de Duékoué. La remise des clés a eu lieu…Read More »

At its semiannual Partnership Meeting & Roundtable Sessions here, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has announced increased funding and program support for cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire through the Cocoa Community Development Fund, valued at more…Read More »

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO this week jointly convene a cross-section of representatives from the chocolate and cocoa industry, cocoa-producing countries, development agencies, donor groups, non-governmental organizations…Read More »

Entry: Holly Houston, World Cocoa Foundation WCF CLP Farmer Cooperative CABB in Buyo, Côte d’Ivoire, Management team with Socodevi training agent and TechnoServe business advisor. In early September, I had the opportunity to accompany our partners…Read More »

By Holly Houston and Terry Wyer SEP 6, 2012 This installment of Critical Questions is the first in a series that will focus on engagement by the U.S. government and the private sector in agribusiness. Production…Read More »

Over the past three months, the number of cocoa farmers who receive farming and family well-being SMS messages from the CocoaLink program has grown to more than 4,500, with subscribers across the main cocoa-growing regions. In…Read More »

The WCF/USDA Research Update is authored by Dr. Robert Lumsden. RESEARCH GROUPS: From Andrew Daymond: To all our cocoa colleagues, Please find the latest edition of the International Cocoa Quarantine Centre Newsletter:  ICQR June Newsletter. From Chris Turnbull,…Read More »

Ghana cocoa farmers have received more than 100,000 messages related to better farming and family well-being during the first year of CocoaLink, a mobile phones outreach program, sponsored by The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), the Ghana…Read More »

Entry: Ethan Budiansky, World Cocoa Foundation Recently, the WCF CLP participants from the New Ebudiase area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana completed a training in the use of Digital Green technologies for cocoa extension.  Digital…Read More »

Entry: Marisa Yoneyama, World Cocoa Foundation The WCF African Cocoa Initiative (WCF/ACI) was officially launched in Cameroon, during a ceremony in Yaounde on July 20th. The signing and exchange of the memorandum of understanding between the…Read More »