Sentences with phrase «cocoa communities»
It is grounded in strengthening cocoa communities and inspiring the next generation of cocoa farmers.
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The Cocoa Roads Project aims at improving road networks in cocoa communities with the view to ensuring access to remote cocoa areas as well as creating a congenial environment to promote the livelihoods of cocoa farmers.
As the world's largest chocolate company, Mondelēz International has seized the opportunity to lead transformative change in the cocoa supply chain with Cocoa Life, a $ 400 million investment to empower 200,000 smallholder farmers and create thriving cocoa communities in Côte d'Ivoire and five other cocoa origins.
«We have been executing a number of programmes and initiatives to support cocoa communities for decades, with our most recent programmes being our Learn to Grow farmer training programme, our CocoaLink mobile phone technology programme and transitioning to certified and sustainable cocoa over the past five years.»
Mondelēz, Cargill, Nestlé and Tony's Chocolonely will discuss progress and challenges in implementing Child Labor Monitoring & Remediation Systems (CLMRS) in cocoa communities at a panel during the World Cocoa Conference.
This year's report illustrates the company's initiatives to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through sustainable cocoa farming practices and to address the basic health and education needs of cocoa communities.
We believe that empowered, thriving cocoa communities are the essential foundation for sustainable cocoa.»
In response, Côte D'Ivoire Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan praised Hershey's cooperation with his nation's cocoa industry, saying: «Cocoa is a tremendous part of the livelihoods for the people of Côte D'Ivoire and public - private partnerships are critical to improving the lives of people living in cocoa communities and protecting our precious natural resources.
Sharing knowledge and skills results in improved productivity, protection of fertile land and a better future for our cocoa communities.
Approximately 18 cocoa communities and 60 producers have joined her «Cacao de Origen» Project.