Articles Tagged with ''cocoa farming''

Rainforest Alliance, UTZ to merge

One certification standard to increase efficiency for farmers.

June 7, 2017

The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, two of the world’s leading sustainability certification organizations, will merge later this year.

Olam’s ‘one-stop tech platform’ improves yield, traceability for 100,000 farmers

Upgrades to farmer information system put data at the fingertips of cooperatives, customers.

Bernie Pacyniak

June 7, 2017

Olam International has updated the Olam Farmer Information System (OFIS), giving 100,000 smallholder farmers access to detailed information about their farms.

Cargill establishes licensed buying company for cocoa in Ghana

Company uses digital systems for cocoa traceability, farmer payment.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 12, 2017

Cargill has established a licensed buying company in Ghana, allowing the ingredient supplier to directly source cocoa from certified farmers and maintain a traceable purchasing model.

Cote d’Ivoire cocoa farmers still struggling with poverty

New study shows the road to make cocoa a sustainable and high yielding crop a long and challenging journey.

Bernie Pacyniak

February 22, 2017

New study shows the road to make cocoa a sustainable and high yielding crop a long and challenging journey.

WCF hosts annual Latin America talks in Ecuador

World Cocoa Foundation discussions focus on cocoa flavor, quality.

Abigail Watt

September 8, 2016

Cocoa producers, researchers, industry executives, government officials, and civil society organizations, gather to participate in these talks. The discussions will explore how chocolate manufacturing is influenced by cocoa quality standards, direct sourcing and the mapping of cocoa flavor characteristics.

Barry Callebaut and IDH provide credit for productivity packages

August 22, 2016

In a ground-breaking partnership, Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, announce a risk sharing partnership of USD 9 million to cover up to 103,000 smallholder cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire by 2020.

Barry Callebaut, IFC, IDH partner for $9-million, credit-based productivity package program

Program to support up to 103,000 smallholder cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire by 2020.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 18, 2016

Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has joined forces with the International Finance Corp. (IFC) and IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, for a $9-million, risk-sharing program that will help small cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire lay the foundation for a strong financial future.

Salpa chocolate fields Crystal Lindell Ecuador

How Salpa’s cocoa fields in Ecuador gave me perspective

Jean-Paul Burrus, ceo of the French company, hosts me for the trip of a lifetime.

Crystal Lindell

June 15, 2016

All of your little stresses vanish among the sun and the trees, and your mind can’t help but focus entirely on what’s right in front of you — little pods of future chocolate bars.

Cultivating your chocolate story

Maxine Weber

August 10, 2015

Chocolate ingredients bring more than craveable flavor and texture to snack and bakery products - they bring a story, as well.

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.

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