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ABIDJAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Cargill has no plans to reduce its cocoa processing operations in Ivory Coast, citing progress in talks with the government over abolished tax breaks for grinders and increased export levies, company…Read More »

Cocoa, Ghana’s “black gold” is one of her highest earning cash crops. Over the years, it has been the major source of employment and income for hundreds of thousands of rural dwellers across the country. Ghana…Read More »

Le mercredi 06 février 2013, un Conseil des Ministres s’est tenu de 10h à 12h au Palais de la Présidence de la République à Abidjan, sous la présidence de Son Excellence Monsieur Alassane OUATTARA, Président de…Read More »

As Valentine’s Day draws near, thoughts turn to the romantic gestures of presenting a gift of chocolates to a loved one. ValentinesDay.org reports more than a billion dollars worth of chocolates are sold in the U.S.…Read More »

MEET WCF’S NEW CHAIRMAN During WCF’s 22nd Partnership Meeting in Zurich last October, outgoing chairwoman Anne Alonzo introduced Nicko Debenham, of Armajaro Trading Ltd., as WCF’s new chairman.  Nicko assumed office on January 1, 2013, for…Read More »

The World Cocoa Foundation’s (WCF) Partnership Meetings bring together the private and public sectors from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia to share knowledge about a wide range of cocoa sustainability topics, and to collaborate…Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

On January 30th 2013 in Amsterdam the most respected names from agribusiness, policy, international agencies, science and the NGO community will gather to explore opportunities to collaborate in delivering improved nutrition and sustainable agricultural markets.  WCF…Read More »