With nut trees needing sufficiently cold temperatures to grow, flavours including Chunky Monkey and Coconut Seven Layer Bar could face extinction, while Brownie Batter and Phish Food could be in short supply within just two years, with
cocoa production at risk of falling by up to 50 per cent.
Research trials on sustainable
cocoa production at the «Mars Academy» research station in Sulawesi, Indonesia.Image: Richard Markham
Not exact matches
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.
After years of progress on the cost - efficiency side of chocolate
production, chocolate manufacturers could be forgiven for thinking they've finally hit the wall - that they are
at the whim of the
cocoa butter traders and that further cost savings are beyond their control.
Finally, we analyse date labels on packaging, look
at insects as a source of sustainable food
production and speak to small farmers about
cocoa crops and
production.
At the end of the cooperation in 2020, a unique database, new methods and rapid tests for the classification and quality control of the
cocoa beans used by the Barry Callebaut Group in its
production will be available, allowing the manufacturing of precisely tailored products.
«The government and I have made a commitment to raising
production levels of
cocoa to
at least 1 million tonnes, and to process more than 50 percent of our
cocoa beans.
In a brief presentation
at the conference, Mr. Doh, on behalf of Ghanaian youth appreciated the Management of COCOBOD for introducing interventions aimed
at ensuring sustainable
cocoa production in Ghana.
According to him,
cocoa production would be 121 - years of continued
production especially
at Eti Oni, urging stakeholders to rally round the government in order to boast the agriculture sector and
cocoa production.
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.
Business News of Friday, 18 May 2018 Source: thebftonline.com File photo — logo of Standard Bank Ghana's balance of trade is set to receive support from
cocoa export and oil
production revenues this year according to researchers
at Standard Bank, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana.
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.