Sentences with phrase «cocoa production»

He explained that the summit would be used to address the current drop in cocoa production so as to put the country back to its prime position.

The project is working with farmers to develop opportunities in sustainable cocoa production.

In fact, some reports show current cocoa - producing regions may no longer be suitable for cocoa production in the next 30 years if we don't take action.

The researchers surveyed 23 protected areas in the West African nation between 2010 and 2013 and found that about three - quarters of the land in them had been transformed into cocoa production.

The programme is an intervention by the government to fight the growing unemployment and raise cocoa production levels.

The «trick» behind cocoa production is addressing cocoa's vulnerability to climate change by working with farmers to build resilient agricultural strategies.

By 2050 it is expected that the annual temperature globally will have risen to such an extent that many coffee, tea and cocoa production areas will be too hot to grow the crops.

But not everything about cocoa production is sweet: it is also a major driver of deforestation.

To allow cocoa production to satisfy the needs of a growing market, responsible chocolate makers engage in fair trade principles.

Our mini dark chocolate chips come from a maker that champions fair - trade cocoa production, making them an ethical and satisfying way to top your favorite sweet.

First results regarding the newly introduced cocoa production are expected after three years.

In 2013 - 14, 2 million children were used for cocoa production.

This we know is contributing to the reduction in cocoa production.

Vice President Kwesi Amissah - Arthur says the focus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for the next four years is to increase cocoa production from the current 750 thousand metric tonnes to more than 1.5 million metric tonnes.

He said government intended to increase cocoa production from 750,000 tons to one million tons this cocoa season.

He said cocoa farmers are encouraged to engage in climate smart cocoa production by plating improved seeds and increasing the number of forest trees per ha of cocoa at least 19 trees per ha.

Research trials on sustainable cocoa production at the «Mars Academy» research station in Sulawesi, Indonesia.Image: Richard Markham

The Rainforest Alliance led the workshop, which aimed to strengthen the commitment and cooperation of local actors to ending deforestation in their region and to heighten awareness of climate - smart cocoa production.

In a bid to boost cocoa production and expand the economic base of the state, the Osun State Government has said it would hold...

The Barry Callebaut Group is committed to sustainable cocoa production through its «Cocoa Horizons» initiative to help ensure future supplies of cocoa as well as improve farmer livelihoods.

The Prince of Wales cocoa forest initiative seeks to address deforestation and forest degradation caused by cocoa production under which Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire which together produce over 60 percent of the world's cocoa have prepared a Joint Framework of Action to address deforestation and forest degradation.

The consequence of this, he noted, was that Nigeria had dropped from fourth position in global cocoa production to seventh position.

«The use of the machine by cocoa farmers will boost the efforts of farmers to increase production, while it will also boost government's efforts to revolutionise cocoa production,» he said.

It will, therefore, be unfortunate for COCOBOD to politicise this important intervention which has played a very important role in increased cocoa production since its introduction in 2001.»

And, through his private investment firm, Armajaro, he now controls a cache equal to 7 percent of annual cocoa production worldwide, a big enough chunk to sway prices.

Global Industry Analysts predicts that the market will exceed four million tonnes by 2010, while cocoa production is becoming more concentrated in one continent.

In Ghana, 39,496 farmers, including 10,846 women, received training in good agricultural practices for improved cocoa production.

Other problems loom globally: The Ivory Coast, center of world cocoa production, is under strain from drought — putting the world's chocolate industry at risk.

Most of the world's cocoa production takes place in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, where rainforests have reduced by 80 % since 1960.

In response to rising demand in the chocolate industry and reduce dependency on imports, Indian cocoa producers have said they will increase domestic cocoa production by 60 per cent in the next four years.

The project enables Cargill to increase long - term sustainable cocoa production globally.

The new plant in Indonesia complements Cargill's goal to encourage sustainable cocoa production throughout the world.

«Since I started practicing what I had been taught during the training sessions, my yield in cocoa production keeps improving and has increased from about three bags per acre to about 10 bags per acre.

RT @kerryascanlon: «Sustainable cocoa production also requires sustainable forestry» Cameroon is making an effort to protect its #forests a...

Creation of subnational and national - scale regulations on legal palm fruit harvesting, improving fire management in coffee and cocoa production landscapes, and visitor management plans to promote sustainable tourism.

University Degree in agronomy or related field; Experience of cocoa production systems; experience of other crops an advantage;

Dr Opuni initiated several interventions aimed at enhancing sustainable cocoa production during his tenure as C.E.O of Cocobod.

Speaking to some officials of the world's finest Chocolates producing companies including Meiji, Guittard, Choco Roi and several others at the «Salon du Chocolat» in Paris, France, Dr. Opuni indicated that Ghana will in all earnest continue to be the market leader in premium quality cocoa production.

Mr Kareweh also described Dr Opuni's leadership as «appalling» saying cocoa production under his watch consistently declined.

It was established at Tafo in the Eastern Region to investigate problems of disease and pest which had effected cocoa production in the Eastern Region.

«My government is going to increase cocoa production again to 1 million tonnes, and move it to 1.5 million tonnes in the course of my mandate.

These inputs were confirmed by farmers across the country to be ineffective and it is not surprising that Ghana's cocoa production plummeted to the 740,000 and 778,000 tonnes in the 2014/2015 and the 2015/2016 seasons respectively when Dr Opuni was in charge of COCOBOD.»

This goes to buttress the priority Government and the new management of COCOBOD place on the welfare and motivation of the farmer to sustain cocoa production.

He named the challenges militating against cocoa production in the country as the unreliable supply of inputs to farmers as a direct result of the «free» input policy adopted by the government, new brands of chemical inputs released to cocoa farmers in Ghana without adequate trials and research by designated institutions, low producer prices paid to farmers and the politicisation of the mass spraying and fertiliser distribution programme.

Mr Aidoo said the fortunes of cocoa processing factories would improve with the increase in cocoa production target of more than one million metric tonnes per year.

Saving chocolate Because the threats to cocoa production come from pests, disease, climate change and poverty, work must be done on all these issues to raise yields without tearing down rain forests to gain arable land.

«But when we started walking through these areas we were just stunned by the scale of illegal cocoa production.

Grenada is a hub of organic and ethical cocoa production, and the festival program gives curious cocoa lovers a chance to spend time on a rainforest cocoa farm, get their hands dirty during cooking classes, and shamelessly eat chocolate for breakfast.