Ghana
Exclusive: MIA delivers impact report after World Confectionery Conference accolade
MIA (Made In Africa) ethically-founded premium chocolate group has unveiled its latest impact report, detailing its expansion into producing chocolate in Ghana, seeking to drive enhanced benefits to farming communities, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Fairtrade Fortnight set to begin with Endangered Aisle pop up event
Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK is set to kick off featuring a pop up, The Endangered Aisle, in East London, placing a spotlight on the major environmental and wider social challenges facing key supply chains, including the cocoa trade, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability
Ivory Coast cocoa exporters express concern over potential contract defaults over bean supply shortages
Ivory Coast cocoa exporters have been close to defaulting on their contracts over a reported lack of beans – amid a backdrop of a deficit of 150,000 tonnes of supplies, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
CIGCI cocoa initiative moves towards key farmer payment recommendations
The Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative’s (CIGCI) Technical Working Group on Price and Markets has agreed a strategy towards delivering a more sustainable long-term pricing mechanism for the sector’s agricultural workers in the region, writes Neill Barston.
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Barry Callebaut hails progress on cocoa farmer digital payments
Barry Callebaut has highlighted notable progress with thousands of additional farmers beginning to receive digital payments for their beans, offering a secure system that enhances traceability of farmer income, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability
Fairtrade creates human rights and environmental risk map revealing cocoa sector’s key issues
Fairtrade is set to enhance its sustainability work with plans for a new online mapping system in a bid to identify human rights and environmental risks in some of its core supply chains, including the cocoa sector, in a bid to combat ongoing major industry issues, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Cargill marks UN International Day of Education with continued cocoa community engagement
Cargill has expressed its ongoing commitment to supporting families in cocoa growing communities, amid global celebrations for the UN’s International Day of International Education, writes Neill Barston.
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Blommer Chocolate’s cocoa sustainability plans enhanced by Satelligence partnership
US-based Blommer Chocolate’s environmental strategies have gained a valuable boost from a partnership with Satelligence, an established specialist in geospatial sustainability, focused on the confectionery group’s cocoa farming network, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
ICCO report shows increase in Ghana and Ivory Coast cocoa crops, but key export challenges persist
Latest figures from the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) have revealed crop production is on an upward curve, with 1.346 million tonnes of beans arriving at its ports, up 11.6% per cent year-on-year, yet key pressures remain in the wake of industrial action impacting exports, reports Neill Barston.
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Mighty Earth’s Ghana cocoa accountability map highlights major ongoing issue of deforestation
The Mighty Earth non-profit organisation is continuing the roll-out of its new Cocoa Accountability Map for Ghana, as it raises major concerns over comparatively high levels of forest loss within the country, writes Neill Barston.
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Behind the scenes: Driving cocoa sustainability in West Africa
Among core topics for this year’s World Confectionery Conference was the key issue of sustainability as it relates to core cocoa supply chains. Editor Neill Barston speaks exclusively to Alex Assanvo, executive secretary of the Ivory Coast and Ghana Cocoa Initiative on tackling major sector issues
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Earthworm organisation hails results from Ghana cocoa farmer digital payment scheme
The Earthworm Foundation has reported positive progress with a digital payment system designed to support Ghana’s cocoa farmers, amid concerns surrounding traditional methods of payment posing security risks, reports Neill Barston.
World Cocoa Foundation partnership meeting places sustainability at its core
The World Cocoa Foundation has reported ‘a huge demand’ for its 2022 event taking place this month, with some of the sector’s biggest businesses gathering to discuss key topics, writes Neill Barston.
Tony’s Chocolonely raises premium price paid to cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast
Dutch ethically-founded chocolate brand Tony’s Chocolonely has moved to support cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana with its operations through increasing the premiums it pays for crops, in a bid to drive its mission of achieving a living income for key communities in its supply chains, reports Neill Barston.
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