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WCF

One-on-one: 11 questions for WCF President Bill Guyton

Guyton, of the World Cocoa Foundation, talks climate change, listening to cocoa farmers, and his legacy.

June 24, 2015

Guyton discusses how his background in the Peace Corp shaped his perspective, what motivates corporations to pursue sustainability, and the future of the WCF.

Focus On Colombia: Part 2

Meta Cacao: A New Way of Life after FARC

Daniel Lorenzetti Linda Rice Lorenzetti

April 17, 2015

We were to meet farmers who have transitioned from producing coca to planting cacao. We wanted to hear their stories, meet their families and tour their farms.

WCF, Ivorian Government to work together to better cocoa farms.

Organizations to work together to provide skills and knowledge to help cocoa farmers become more competitive producers.

Crystal Lindell

April 8, 2015

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Côte d’Ivoire’s Conseil du Café-Cacao have announced an agreement to improve cocoa planting material.

Kickstarting help for Belizean cocoa farmers

Maya Mountain Cacao creates demonstration farm, hopes to boost output by 50 percent.

Maya Granit

October 22, 2014

Just outside San Pedro Columbia, a traditional Q’eqchi Maya village in southern Belize, lie 120 acres of pristine jungle where lush rainforest vegetation has grown wildly, taking advantage of the fertile soil.

Cocoa sector joins fight against Ebola

Week-long campaign by World Cocoa Foundation nets $600,000 for West African effort.

Crystal Lindell

October 15, 2014

Seventy percent of the world's cocoa supply originates in West Africa, though the region's largest producers of the commodity, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, have thus far not experienced an outbreak of the Ebola virus.

Development

Cargill, IFC invest $2.5M to expand cocoa farmer coop

Cargill COOP Academy in Cote d'Ivoire to help more coop leaders develop business skills.

Crystal Lindell

October 8, 2014

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Cargill are investing $2.5 million to strengthen and expand the successful Cargill Coop Academy in Cote d'Ivoire.

Fairtrade

Latest Fairtrade cocoa report: Farmers investing in change

Certification helps farmers improve cocoa quality, productivity as well as communities, but more support needed.

Bernie Pacyniak

June 11, 2014

Fairtrade cocoa farmers in West Africa are investing in their farms, crop infrastructure and communities, but they need deeper, long-term partnerships to drive change.

CocoaLink weekly text messages linked to 45.6% yield increase in Ghana

Hershey-sponsored CocoaLink program “significantly improved the livelihoods” of Ghanaian cocoa farmers, 3-year study concludes.

Valerie King

March 19, 2014

CocoaLink, a program sponsored by Hershey, registered 45,000 Ghanaian cocoa farmers in 1,800 communities, who used 1.2 million free text messages to modernize practices and increased their yields by 45.6% in three years.

WCF teams with Toms Foundation to support cocoa farmers

October gathering in Copenhagen to focus on improving lives of world’s five million-plus cocoa farmers.

Valerie King

February 19, 2014

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Denmark's Toms Foundation are joining forces to improve incomes, production levels, quality of life and technology for the world's five million-plus cocoa farmers.