Articles Tagged with ''cocoa farming''

The KIT Institute study found that participating households increased cocoa yields by 4%, while yields declined by 16% among comparable households.

The org is calling on the UK government to introduce a mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence law to provide protection for cocoa farmers and workers around the world.

The organization's new Minimum Price increases the safety net by 45% dependent on country of production.

Improved weather in places that grow cocoa, such as Africa, could help decrease candy prices.

The West Africa Cocoa Programme plays a key role in preparing cooperatives to navigate regulatory changes, economic fluctuations, climate change, and other pressures.

The chocolatier's program is expanding to reach 50,000 cocoa-farming households in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.

Acumen, a global nonprofit impact investor, has debuted a Valentine’s Day campaign urging chocolate lovers to “Make a #Cocoamitment” by choosing chocolate brands that support fair wages for cocoa farmers.

These challenges already have caused lower cocoa yield and supply instability, leading in turn to quality and safety concerns, with heavy metal and pesticide contamination from archaic farming and handling practices.

Nestlé International Travel Retail is set to launch the first KitKat made with cocoa mass from beans grown by farmer families engaged in the company’s Income Accelerator Program to European travel retail.

Based in Palestina, Caldas, Colombia, Granja Luker is dedicated to research and development in cocoa farming.