My Analysis on Cocoa Diaries Interview with CFAN President. My Thoughts First, I think I can fairly say that since Mr Adeola is the Nigerian Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria’s president and one of the leading figures championing the Nigerian Cocoa sector Renaissance, his thoughts and opinions reflect close to the consensus of the team […]
The Cocoa Newscast is out in full stereo beauty. Give your ears a treat and listen below, or go to the Podcasts/Cocoa News Cast page.
COCOA NEWSCAST – 05 OCT, 2022 Read More »
Scharffen Berger is an established US chocolate maker with a focus on sustainability, and in particular, it seems their approach to sustainable farming. The company has gone through a rebranding exercise to focus on this aspect of its business, which underlines the value of sustainability as a competitive edge. As the company explains on their
SCHARFFEN BERGE CHOCOLATE MAKER UNWRAPS NEW BRANDING TO FOCUS ON ‘FARM TO BAR’ Read More »
Niche Cocoa Ltd, one of the leading Cocoa processing factories in Ghana, is opening a factory in the US. The company was originally founded in 2011 and is still privately owned. According to the company’s website, it produces high-quality semi-finished cocoa products and confectionery that are supplied to the global chocolate, ice cream and bakery
GHANA’S NICHE COCOA IS OPENING FACTORY IN U.S. Read More »
A process emerges to systemically address barriers to sustainability. By now, most of us have learned that to effectively engage in farming sustainability solutions, we must first listen to the farmer’s own priorities and concerns. For most farmers, the economics have to work out above all else. That is why we must fundamentally understand the
MEXICO AND RWANDA TAKE THE LEAD IN TRANSFORMING THEIR COFFEE DATA Read More »
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COFFEE NEWSCAST 03-10-2022 Read More »
PRESS RELEASE JDE Peet’s (EURONEXT: JDEP), the world’s leading pure-play coffee and tea company by revenue, today announced that its Board of Directors (the Board) proposes the appointment of Ms. Patricia Capel as non-executive member of the Board. The appointment of Patricia Capel is subject to the approval by the 2023 Annual General Meeting of
JDE PEETS APPOINTS PATRICIA CAPEL AS NON EXEC DIRECTOR Read More »
India’s National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) will launch limited futures contracts for Robusta coffee, according to a report by financial news source Reuters. India, which is the world’s sixth largest producer of coffee, will start with 3 contracts expiring in February, March and April 2023. The purpose of a futures contract is to allow
INDIA’S NCDEX LAUNCHES ROBUSTA FUTURES CONTRACTS Read More »
Korea is a major consumer of coffee and has consistently grown its imports of green coffee each year; see the table below. Only two years saw a decline in green coffee imports. NKG appears to be ready to tap into this lucrative market. It is one of the strongest markets in Asia, in part because
NEUMANN KAFFEE GRUPPE STARTS OPERATIONS IN KOREA Read More »
Founded in 2016 by husband-and-wife team Charlotte and Jon Stanford, Apostle wanted to produce organic coffee with a minimum environmental impact. To back up their words with actions, their roastery is powered by renewable energy sources. Now they are rewarding coffee lovers demonstrate a high level of eco knowledge and awareness. Since the company was
APOSTLE COFFEE SHOWS INNOVATIVE ECO APPROACH Read More »
The Cocoa Newscast is out in full stereo beauty. Give your ears a treat and listen below, or go to the Podcasts/Cocoa News Cast page.
COCOA NEWSCAST – 28 SEP, 2022 Read More »
Mars has released their 2021 Cocoa for Generations Report and two sub-reports for the year 2021. The main report, comes this year in the form of a bite-size interactive webpage, rather than a downloadable PDF. If anyone involved in authoring the Annual Report reads this, please can I convince you to go back to using
SUMMARY OF COCOA FOR GENERATIONS AND EQUALITY REPORTS, 2021 Read More »
