Top Cocoa Grower to Trace All Beans in Pledge to Protect Forests
The world’s biggest cocoa grower plans to trace beans from farms to ports as it seeks to protect forests and root out illegal plantations. …
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Good News for Chocolate Lovers as Rains Boost Africa Cocoa Crops
Farmers in the top two cocoa growers are upbeat about the next harvest after heavy rains in recent weeks helped support crop development. …
Cocoa Prices Soar as Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana Threaten Supply Cut
Cocoa prices rose sharply on Wednesday after key producers Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana threatened to stop selling their production to buyers unwilling to meet a minimum price. …
Cargill Outlines Plan to End Cocoa Deforestation
Cargill has outlined its plan to eliminate deforestation from its cocoa supply chain. The Protect Our Planet plan provides concrete actions the company is taking to achieve 100 percent cocoa bean traceability and includes a commitment of “no further conversion” of any forest land in Ghana and Ivory Coast for cocoa production. It also expands the company’s forest efforts to five origin countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Ghana) as well as the indirect cocoa supply chain, while securing the future livelihoods and resilience of smallholder cocoa farmers. …