Sentences with phrase «cocoa farming in»

All efforts to revive cocoa farming in the community proved futile as their lands were no longer suitable for cocoa cultivation.

As a summer analyst with the Rainforest Alliance's Sustainable Finance Initiative, I conducted a two - month investigation of crop diversification as an intervention strategy for smallholder cocoa farming in West Africa, with a focus on Ghana.

From Sava, I continued my journey to visit cocoa farms in the northwest before reaching the village of Antanambao back in the east.

Mondelēz's cocoa sustainability programme Cocoa Life will enforce a ban on child labour at the company's cocoa farms in Côte... Read More...

They work with a cocoa farm in Ecuador that we are proud to support, which is Organic Certified and has high labor standards and benefits for farmers such as doctor visits and professional development.

According to the head of Ghana Cocoaboard's Taskforce in the Jomoro District Mr Mathias Iddrisu Mumuni, the Taskforce were tipped off a week earlier that Mr Paul Essien together with his executives were going to spray all cocoa farms in the district because the Government had failed to do so.

In 2017, hundreds of hectares of cocoa plantations were destroyed by the activities of miners across the country, with cocoa farms in the Eastern, Western and Ashanti regions being the worst affected.

Mr. Aidoo made the observation when he toured some cocoa farms in the Western South and Western North Cocoa Regions of Ghana to acquaint himself of the state of...

GREL in a statement also dispelled reports that it has destroyed some cocoa farms in those regions to make way for rubber plantations.

Says Esther Meersman who carried out much of the field trials in a cocoa farm in Malaysia.

Her related research has been wide, including travel to cocoa farms in Cuba and a visit to the New York Board of Trade.

«Did you know that child slavery is a common practice on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest supplier of cocoa beans?

Adrien Koffi Kouadio owns a Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ cocoa farm in Paul Kru, Côte d'Ivoire.

Not exact matches

A noted by FoodIsPower.org, «Approximately 1.8 million children in the Ivory Coast and Ghana may be exposed to the worst forms of child labor on cocoa farms,» according to a 2011 Tulane University report.

The end result is a range of chocolates from quality ingredients including cocoa sourced directly from farms in Ghana.

Cailler chocolates are made from some of the finest ingredients available including selected cocoa beans from the Nestlé Cocoa Plan, an initiative to help farmers run profitable farms, improve social conditions in the cocoa growing communities and source good quality, sustainable cocoa for Nestlé products.

The issue of child labour came to the fore in 2001 after a series of media exposes depicted forced child labour and trafficking on West African cocoa farms.

UTZ and ICI have already been working together since 2013 to make sure the UTZ certification and therefore the UTZ Code of Conduct followed by cocoa farmers around the world, addresses the issues related to child labor in certified farms.

The main environmental issues in cocoa farming are deforestation and climate change.

Its Cocoa Research Centre in Selborne Estate in Pahang state, Malaysia, conducts research on cocoa - related inter-cropping, pest and disease management, and soil management to promote increased productivity and biodiversity at cocoa farms.

It strives to reduce poverty and bolster climate adaptation efforts amongst 8,000 cocoa smallholders in the North Kolaka and North Luwu districts in Southeast and Southern Sulawesi, respectively, through training and incentives that will apply on - farm techniques.

I really like your articles, funding for farmers is basically not an option in El Salvador central america i have 230ha farm and have tried to get funds for a cocoa forestry combined project with no luck, most of the neighboring farm owners to my property barely read or write so if i cant get there having acces to internet and written to almost every site, naturebank, root, etc..

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This means that while certified cocoa might not end up in every chocolate bar because of certified and non-certified ingredients mixing at the company's facility or the facilities of the company's suppliers, the supply chain is still buying cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and including this ingredient in the overall manufacturing of its chocolate recipes.

But as one of 8,000 Sulawesian smallholder cocoa farmers participating in a climate - smart program of the Rainforest Alliance and Olam Indonesia (under Millennium Challenge Account — Indonesia), Syamsuddin soon came to understand the new reality of a changing climate, and the urgent need to adapt his farming practices.

With support from the Innovation Fund, the Sustainable Finance Initiative conducted market research and designed its Cocoa Rejuvenation Finance Project, a multi-phase, multi-partner sustainable cocoa finance project initiated in Côte d'Ivoire to help smallholder cocoa farmers gain access to long - term loans in order to rejuvenate their farms and boost yields.

Under this new cocoa sourcing program, a company can claim on product packaging that Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa is sourced for a particular brand if the volume of cocoa purchased by their supply chain from certified farms matches the volume of cocoa used in the manufacturing of that specific brand.

Combine gluten - free flour, Carrington Farms Coconut Protein Blend, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt in a bowl.

INDIANAPOLIS — Endangered Species Chocolate (ESC) announced today that its chocolate bar line has received certification by Fairtrade America and is now offering the first ever chocolate bars made in America from Fairtrade certified West African cocoa beans that can be fully traced from farm to chocolate bar.

The criterion will apply to all crops of SAN's certification portfolio, not only to coffee, cocoa or other crops not tolerant to shade and therefore will increase SAN's positive impact on the more than 1.1 million certified farms in 42 countries.

A special focus will be on providing training to currently under - represented groups in cocoa farming, young farmers and female farmers.

We will also reach out to governments in origin countries and work with donors to create an enabling environment for the sustainable replanting of cocoa farms.

Poverty prevents cocoa farmers from investing in their farms and new practices to increase productivity that would boost their incomes.

Low productivity on cocoa farms as a result of poor agricultural practices, nutrient depleted soil, and aging cocoa trees are keeping many farmers in a state of poverty.

The Barry Callebaut Group, the world's leading manufacturer of high - quality chocolate and cocoa products, inaugurated three education projects in rural cocoa farming communities of Côte d'Ivoire.

«With ongoing challenges in cocoa farming, we are focusing on -LSB-...]

This should enable the adoption of better farming practices more quickly as well as continuous improvement in the production and sale of key commodities [such as coffee, cocoa, tea, and bananas].

During his presentation, «The Coffee Journey,» Brett Anderhub of Rekerdres & Sons Insurance, covered the perilous movement from farm to cup (who knew that the concept of General Average is actually in the Bible), while Jack Steijn, chair of ISO and CEN committees on sustainable and traceable cocoa and co-founder of Equipoise, a consultancy for sustainable commodities, talked about the new ISO Standards for sustainability that will be issued in 2018, and whether or not sustainable practices that are being used in cocoa production can be applied to coffee.

For smallholder cocoa producers in Ghana, climate - smart agriculture (CSA) practices like these increase on - farm carbon storage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

From chocolate making, to packaging production, to the farming of the cocoa, spices and fruit, Madécasse has created meaningful incomes for over 200 people in Madagascar.

Nestle, in partnership with the chocolate industry as a whole, has been working to address labor issues on cocoa farms for several years and is committed to finding lasting solutions.

While Nestle does not own cocoa farms anywhere in the world, we believe cocoa should be grown responsibly.

At a ceremony last Saturday to mark Ghana's version of Valentine's Day; National Chocolate Day (NCD) at Krodua, Nana Anim II, regretted the growing spate of young people rushing to the towns and cities to seek for so - called greener pasture, when there is enough they can do for themselves in their villages by venturing into cocoa farming to better their lives.

Speaking under the theme, «Youth in Cocoa, Sustainable Cocoa Production» Dr. Oppong, explained that as part of the initiative, «Young cocoa farmers are being supplied with free high - yielding, early bearing hybrid cocoa seedlings, fertilizers and other farming inputs across the cocoa growing regions».

Some of the interventions include the aggressive cocoa rehabilitation programme and the youth in cocoa programme which motivated over 50,000 young men and women into cocoa farming.

Dr. Oppong, said as part of President John Mahama's commitment to boost cocoa production, critical interventions, have been initiated by COCOBOD, one being the Youth in Cocoa Farming programme.

«It also signifies the beginning of agricultural revolution in the country as we are seriously bent to ensure massive plantation of cashew, cocoa, plantain, banana and other agricultural farm produce across the nation.

In March 2017, the government cancelled a contract worth GH cents 255 million awarded by the John Mahama administration for the supply of farm inputs to cocoa farmers upon the advice of the newly inaugurated Board of Ghana Cocoa Board chaired by Hackman Owusu Agyemang.

According to them, the Mahama administration prior to the determination of the producer price of cocoa made provision for the purchase of 2.2 million bags of granular fertilizer and 1.6 million liters of liquid fertilizer to fertilize over 1million hectares of cocoa farms free of charge to the farmer in the 2016/2017 cocoa season.

With the implementation of the adopted interventions including free fertilizer distribution, mass cocoa spraying, free distribution of hybrid seedlings, cocoa farms rehabilitation together with other programmes being implemented in the cocoa industry, premium quality cocoa beans would be supplied to the local and world markets.