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The cost of chocolate is soaring, but blaming cocoa prices doesn’t give the whole picture

Agro-processing

The cost of chocolate is soaring, but blaming cocoa prices doesn’t give the whole picture

Peter Alexander 5 hours

ILE PHOTO: Cocoa pods are pictured at a farm in Sinfra, Ivory Coast April 29, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

Agriculture

Drought, heat pose a double threat to Ivory Coast cocoa farmers

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Dec 2024

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Agro-processing

Ghana expects recovery in cocoa production for 2024/25 season

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 7 Nov 2024

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

Agriculture

Role of innovative financing for farmers: Lessons from Ghana's cocoa irrigation

6 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters

Agriculture

Cameroon farmers turn to vigilantes and amulets to stop cocoa theft

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 2 Oct 2024

Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by nearly 45%

Agro-processing

Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by nearly 45%

3 Sep 2024

Cocoa farmers optimistic as soil moisture aids growth in Ivory Coast

Agro-processing

Cocoa farmers optimistic as soil moisture aids growth in Ivory Coast

Loucoumane Coulibaly 9 Jul 2024

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Ange Aboa 18 Jun 2024

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Agro-processing

Ivory Coast to raise cocoa farmgate price by 50%

Ange Aboa 2 Apr 2024

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast in fresh stand-off with cocoa buyers over premium

Ange Aboa 27 Oct 2023

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

Agro-processing

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

5 Oct 2023

Chris Blair, CEO at 21st Century

ESG & Sustainability

How AI and blockchain can shape sustainability

Chris Blair 4 Aug 2023

Ivory Coast and Ghana note progress in making buyers pay cocoa premiums

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast and Ghana note progress in making buyers pay cocoa premiums

Ange Aboa 22 Nov 2022

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ESG

Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative

Sustainable Farming

Cameroon, Nigeria request to join Ivory-Ghana cocoa initiative

Ange Aboa 13 Oct 2022

FMCG

Woolies reaches 100% responsibly sourced cocoa milestone

8 Feb 2022

Nestle to pay cocoa farmers to keep children in school

Agro-processing

Nestle to pay cocoa farmers to keep children in school

Silke Koltrowitz and Maytaal Angel 27 Jan 2022

Heavy rains leave Ivory Coast cocoa farmers split on harvest outlook

Agribusiness

Heavy rains leave Ivory Coast cocoa farmers split on harvest outlook

Loucoumane Coulibaly 27 Sep 2021

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Agro-processing

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Sophia Carodenuto 8 Jul 2021

Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

Agro-processing

Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

Sophie Van Huellen 3 May 2021

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Agro-processing

New seed varieties help cocoa crops thrive in Cameroon

18 Mar 2020

Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative shortlisted for climate change award

Environment & Natural Resources

Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative shortlisted for climate change award

28 Feb 2020

Ghana's cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry

Agribusiness

Ghana's cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry

Michael E Odijie 11 Oct 2019

Cargill, IFC renew partnership in strengthening cocoa producing cooperatives

Sustainable Farming

Cargill, IFC renew partnership in strengthening cocoa producing cooperatives

3 Oct 2019

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

FMCG

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

18 Apr 2019

Mondelez to add Cocoa Life / 'Helping Farmers to Grow' symbol on chocolate products

ESG

Mondelez to add Cocoa Life / 'Helping Farmers to Grow' symbol on chocolate products

2 Apr 2019

Winning with sustainability in retail

ESG

Winning with sustainability in retail

Vanessa Hilton-Barber 2 Apr 2019

Is 'chocapocalypse' looming? Why we need to understand what's at stake

FMCG

Is 'chocapocalypse' looming? Why we need to understand what's at stake

Jovana Stanisljevic 4 Sep 2018

Mondelez International cocoa MoU to help protect Ghana's forests

Agriculture

Mondelez International cocoa MoU to help protect Ghana's forests

24 Jan 2018

Ghana aims to regain top spot in cocoa production

Agriculture

Ghana aims to regain top spot in cocoa production

Kwaku Botwe 12 Oct 2017

I.Coast freezes cocoa farmer prices due to falling rates

Agriculture

I.Coast freezes cocoa farmer prices due to falling rates

3 Oct 2017

Agriculture

Cocoa in a world of environmental changes - time for “uncommon collaboration”

Svein Tore Holsether 14 Sep 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via WC_farming_climate_change_Kenya

Agriculture

How a lack of access to reliable weather data is hurting African farmers

Stephen Yeboah 5 Jul 2017

Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Food, Water & Energy Security

Food security: how Fairtrade helps level the playing field for small producers

Bob Doherty 24 Jan 2017

Commodities & Fairtrade

Mondelez initiative to enhance capacity of cocoa farmers

7 Dec 2016

Research

Improving the lives of Ghanaian cocoa farmers

5 Dec 2016

- Prospectors pan for gold at a gold mine on a cocoa farm near Bouafle, Ivory Coast in March. A gold rush in the Ivory Coast and Ghana threatens cocoa production in the two nations, which account for 60 percent of the world's supply of cocoa. Luc Gnago / Reuters

Agribusiness

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought

5 Sep 2016

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Agriculture

The revolution that matters to Africa

Carl Manlan 2 Aug 2016

#ThePowerOfChoice in choosing fair trade products

Commodities & Fairtrade

#ThePowerOfChoice in choosing fair trade products

11 May 2016

CNN International launches 'Cocoa-nomics'

Production

CNN International launches 'Cocoa-nomics'

28 Feb 2014

Cadbury slabs generate R2.1m for small-scale farmers and producers

Farming

Cadbury slabs generate R2.1m for small-scale farmers and producers

22 Nov 2012

ESG

Million people to be assisted in cocoa farming

21 Nov 2012

Cadbury Faircrows empower farmers via Fairtrade

Farming

Cadbury Faircrows empower farmers via Fairtrade

11 Apr 2012

Hershey to invest US$10 million in cocoa production in West Africa

Agriculture

Hershey to invest US$10 million in cocoa production in West Africa

1 Feb 2012

Trends

Fairtrade expects boom after Cadbury certification

Zeenat Moorad 8 Jun 2011

Retail

Farmers complain about the high cost of transport in Africa

Remmy Nweke 6 Sep 2010