Sentences with phrase «cocoa sector for»

The theme for the celebration of the 2016 World Cocoa day in Ghana was, «Transforming the cocoa sector for economic growth - The role of the youth».

Cargill has published its third report on the progress and achievements of the Cargill Cocoa Promise, its commitment to sparking a more sustainable cocoa sector for generations to come.

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It compares characteristics and provides market trends for ten «voluntary sustainability initiatives» in the forestry, coffee, tea, cocoa and banana sectors.

More than 50 key actors in the Ivorian cocoa sector came together to launch the living income benchmark study for cocoa - producing regions in Côte d'Ivoire.

«I have shared on this tour the vision of the NPP and Nana Akufo - Addo for reviving the cocoa sector including the reintroduction of the mass cocoa spraying [exercise] and fertiliser subsidy programmes without discrimination,» he said on Facebook.

Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of IITA, said that the symposium aimed to bring together different stakeholders including public institutions, private partners and donors along with scientists, researchers, industry partners, farmers and other stakeholders across the value chain to draw a roadmap for a sustainable cocoa sector in the region.

Mr. Opuni's tenure was engrossed in several allegations of corruption and mismanagement of the cocoa sector, with his critics accusing him of running down the critical sector; which generates revenue for the country and employs millions of Ghanaians.

He stated that also from 2016, the Government would spend over GHc3 billion to boost the cocoa sector, import 500 tractors for the farmers and put up measures to help address post harvest losses.

The CPC maintains that the decision is necessary to stay relevant in the cocoa sector and give investors value for money.

It recommended three policy options to strengthen the agriculture sector: improving the quality and effectiveness of public expenditure, the environment for agriculture businesses to promote value addition and fixing challenges in the cocoa sector given the large size of the cocoa economy.

As issues such as deforestation become more of a focus for the cocoa sector, transparency and traceability are integral to the solution, and a better understanding of the source of their cocoa can help companies work toward ending issues like cocoa - driven deforestation.

Every year the WCFPM brings together a diverse group of actors in the cocoa industry, including representatives from companies along the cocoa supply chain, members of governments of cocoa producing countries, and relevant NGO actors to discuss challenges and solutions for improving the sustainability of the cocoa sector.

Last week, Rick Scobey, the President of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), opened the 2017 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting (WCFPM) by enumerating the 6 key sustainability challenges that need to be addressed within the cocoa sector: the first challenge on the list was «Farmer Livelihoods and Poverty», which Rick noted has been at the top of the list for the past 17 years — since the World Cocoa Foundation was established.