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REGISTRATION FOR RCI’S 2022 CHOCOLATE SUMMER BOOT CAMP NOW OPEN
Slots are filling up fast for the Chocolate Boot Camp to be held from 8 to 11 August 2022 at Fascia’s Chocolates In Waterbury, Connecticut. The summer course will be hosted by Retail Confectioners International…
FERRERO LATEST CFI REPORT CLAIMS SUCCESS IN TRACEABILITY
Ferrero has released their 2020-21 Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) Progress Report, highlighting a number of achievements, such as improved transparency in the Cocoa value chain. In their latest report, the company admits to facing…
EASTER SCORECARD AND ROTTEN EGG AWARDS
Its Easter which means time for another Egg Award ceremony from be slavery free. A few weeks ago we were chatting with the people behind the awards, Fuzz and Carolyn Kitto, who couldn’t have been…
KOA MAKES FARMER PAYMENTS TRANSPARENT WITH BLOCKCHAIN
Using blockchain technology to support a transparent supply chain is not new, but Koa is taking it to the next step, by adding payment transparency into the service. Koa is a Swiss-Ghanaian startup focused on…
AGROFORESTRY STARTUP GETS $500M FOR COCOA & COFFEE
AXA SA, a French Insurance and Financial Services company, based in Paris, and Engie SA, an energy company, is co-investing US$500m over the next six years in The Shared Wood, a French Agro-forestry startup that…
ANALYSTS QUESTIONS IF COCOBOD SHORT-CHANGES FARMERS OVER LID
Kwarme Kwateng has written an interesting analysis of the money paid to Cocoa farmers by COCOBOD, for their living income differential (LID). Ghana promised to pay farmers 100% of the money brought in by the…