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Supply chain: Ghana to delay more cocoa deliveries

This year, cocoa prices have more than doubled.

Liz Parker Kuhn

June 14, 2024

Chocolatiers raise prices amid the struggle to find cocoa beans.

SkinnyDipped to support school-building initiative in Ivory Coast

Woman-led program converts plastic waste into bricks for building.

December 1, 2021

SkinnyDipped has launched "Brick By Brick," a give-back program supporting a women-led recycling initiative that converts plastic waste into durable bricks used to build schools.

Ivorian Fair Trade Network calls for payment of fair prices to cocoa farmers

Network held a press conference last week following announcement of a cocoa price reduction.

Crystal Lindell

April 26, 2021

The network, which represents cocoa producers, also is calling for a commitment to the Living Income Differential for farmers.

Candy Industry’s Ghana series receives Honorable Mention in 2020 Eddie Awards

Three-part series detailed Editor Crystal Lindell’s trip to Barry Callebaut’s cocoa fields in Ghana.

October 7, 2020

The winning three-part series detailed Editor Crystal Lindell’s trip to Barry Callebaut’s cocoa fields in Ghana.

Nestlé, Ivory Coast, Earthworm Foundation partner to regenerate Cavally Forest Reserve

Forest reserve in western Ivory Coast is home to endangered species.

July 29, 2020

Nestlé, the Ivory Coast’s government and the nonprofit Earthworm Foundation are partnering to protect the country’s Cavally Forest Reserve and its endangered species from deforestation.

Guittard expands efforts to protect cocoa flavor in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Indonesia

Company establishes flavor labs to teach sensory assessment skills.

February 7, 2019

Guittard Chocolate Co., as part of its Cultivate Better sustainability platform, has expanded its flavor quality work in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Indonesia.

Eight cocoa/chocolate companies join $8.5-million Ivory Coast educational effort

Goal of international child and youth development program is to transform education for 80,000 children in 150 rural cocoa communities.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 24, 2018

Under the roof of the Transforming Education in Cocoa Communities program, Barry Callebaut, Blommer, Caboz, Cargill, Cémoi, Hershey, Mars and Mondelez International will engage in the implementation of the most comprehensive quality education effort to date in the Ivory Coast.

Finally, Ivory Coast chocolate is for locals, too

Cemoi’s new factory brings chocolate production full circle.

Alison Soley

May 29, 2015

Though the Ivory Coast has been the home to a Cemoi factory for 20 years and the world’s largest cocoa producers, local Ivorians have not had much access to the final product until recent years.

Jacobs Foundation donates $52M to help West African cocoa farmers

Foundation hopes to ‘Transform Education in Cocoa Communities”

Crystal Lindell

May 6, 2015

In an effort to improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers and their families, it’s launching the TRECC program.

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.

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Supply chain: Ghana to delay more cocoa deliveries

SkinnyDipped to support school-building initiative in Ivory Coast

Ivorian Fair Trade Network calls for payment of fair prices to cocoa farmers

Candy Industry’s Ghana series receives Honorable Mention in 2020 Eddie Awards

Nestlé, Ivory Coast, Earthworm Foundation partner to regenerate Cavally Forest Reserve

Guittard expands efforts to protect cocoa flavor in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Indonesia

Eight cocoa/chocolate companies join $8.5-million Ivory Coast educational effort

Finally, Ivory Coast chocolate is for locals, too

Jacobs Foundation donates $52M to help West African cocoa farmers

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

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