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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will be taking a holistic approach when creating community development programs that aim to strengthen rural, cocoa-farming communities in Côte d’Ivoire.  Resources will be concentrated on three communities in order to…Read More »

Seventy percent of the world’s cocoa now comes from West Africa, where family-run farms have proliferated across the landscape in recent decades. Yet in a paradox, the spread of these nonnative cocoa trees often contributes to…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 »