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Cocoa scientist Dr. Louis Koko is the first-ever USDA/WCF Borlaug Cocoa Fellow from Côte d’Ivoire.  On September 10, he spoke at a press conference in Abidjan organized by WCF and attended by nearly 30 representatives of…Read More »

Demand for cocoa is soaring around the world – growing 2 to 3 percent each year. Perhaps nowhere is that growth stronger than in Asia, particularly in China and India.  Given the demand, the ability to…Read More »

Cocoa Paper was proud to attend the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) partnership meeting held in Washington DC on June 13 & 14, 2012. Represented by Kate Janetski, Managing Director of PT. Community Solutions International, Cocoa Paper…Read More »

US candy brand Hershey’s faces a fresh campaign demanding that it should embrace fair trade principles and reject the use of child labour.   Read the full article

According to Bill Guyton, President of the World Cocoa Foundation, who visited IFC recently, cocoa is a potential economic engine in tropical rural areas, generating incomes and opportunities for farm families and communities. During his visit,…Read More »

Climate change could destroy West Africa’s cocoa farms, disrupting domestic and international economies, experts say.  By 2060, more than half of the cocoa-producing countries in the region may be too hot to grow the crop, according…Read More »

The Hershey Company, in association with the Ghana Cocoa Board and the World Cocoa Foundation, is running an innovative mobile telephony outreach program to benefit the cocoa growing farmers in Ghana. In its first year, CocoaLink,…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: Marisa Yoneyama, World Cocoa Foundation On July 19th, first lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Dominique Ouattara, and president of WCF, Bill Guyton, signed an agreement to develop and implement educational and vocational training programs to benefit…Read More »