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THE HEIRLOOM CACAO PRESERVATION FUND ON WHAT MAKES THESE VARIETIES SPECIAL

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The Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund (HCP) is on a mission to save rare and endangered heirloom cacao varieties around the world. It’s a lofty goal achieved through the efforts of the global cacao community organized by HCP, a non-profit organization taking an active role in the conservation of biological diversity and the empowerment of cacao. […]

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RESPONSIBLE SOURCING AND SUSTAINABLE SOURCING: KEY DIFFERENCES

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Brief synopsis: In their simplest forms, Responsible Sourcing requires meeting or complying with accepted levels of ethical or responsible practices in areas such as human rights or pollution, whereas Sustainable Sourcing goes beyond compliance to engage and improve the conditions of sustainability that can include areas such as dignified livelihoods or climate-smart practices. Responsible Sourcing

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WHO BENEFITS FROM KOA’S TRANSPARENCY SYSTEM? THE COCOA FARMER, KOA OR KOA’S COLLABORATORS?

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The Assessment of KOA’s Transparency system continuous The other issue revealed is how Koa gains and the farmer loses out on the currency depreciation: As noted in Graph 1 (part 1), The Ghana Cedi depreciated/US$ appreciated by 55%. This means the income earned by farmers from Koa lost 55% of its value in just a

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A Q&A WITH UNILEVERS HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE SOURCING OVER MAGNUMS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

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We were invited to pose some questions to Megan Willis, Unilever’s Head of Sustainable Sourcing, following Unilever’s announcement of their AWA programme last month. In case you missed it, Magnum, part of the UK giant, Unilever, released news last month about their programme to help empower women in the Cocoa industry. Working with a 3D

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­NICARAGUAN CACAO ALREADY TURNED MANY CHOCOLATE MAKERS INTO AWARD WINNERS. WHAT MAKES CERTAIN NICARAGUAN CACAO SO SPECIAL?

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Nicaragua: A Land of Flavour Diversity With a yearly production of around 10,000 tonnes, cacao is small beer in the Nicaraguan economy. Especially compared to coffee of which the country produces some 140,000 tonnes per year. Though small in size, the cacao industry has grown steadily and is expected to have a yearly production of

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DOES GHANA COCOA BOARD THINK NIGERIA IS IN FOR COOPERATION OR COMPETITION WITH THEIR COCOA SECTOR RENAISSANCE?

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Further in the conversation, I asked about their overarching goals with this revival. I wanted to understand where their focus was. Whether they were going to repeat Ghana’s mistakes of prioritising the political benefits and any benefit to the farmer to be an unintended consequence, he highlighted Increasing youth employment, the attraction of Foreign Direct

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NIGERIA’S ENTHUSIASM TO OUTPERFORM GHANA AND IVORY COAST COCOA PRODUCTION

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Since the beginning of 2022, one of the major announcements that dominated news within the cocoa chocolate sector was Nigeria’s announcement to revive its cocoa sector with the ambition to overtake Ghana and Ivory Coast to become the global leader in cocoa production by 2027 and I considered whether this was political rhetoric. However, to not

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NEW SERIES! RUNNING A TREE TO BAR BUSINESS: PRIME CACAO – THE INSIDE STORY

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Tuta and Juliana Aquino are Brazilian natives that own and run a Cacao Origin located in the State of Bahia-Brazil, where they produce specialty cacao beans since 2016 with a small yearly production of 20 Metric Tons. Besides providing their Vale Potumuju beans to local Bean to Bar makers, they also started, in 2018, their

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CACAO & CHOCOLATE SUMMIT 2022: BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE FINE CACAO AND CHOCOLATE MARKETPLACE

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The fourth Cacao & Chocolate Summit was held virtually in May 2022. Participants had the opportunity to connect and hear from experts in the chocolate industry, producers, chocolate makers, pastry chefs, NGOs, and representatives of the government. The event was founded by Conexión Chocolate in 2019 and organized in partnership with the Fine Chocolate Industry

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