Sentences with phrase «of cocoa producers»

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The west African cocoa producer is expected to be one of the world's fastest growing economies in 2018.

«As an innovative cocoa and chocolate producer we are constantly working to find new ways to make our products even more tasty and convenient,» said Herwig Bernaert of Barry Callebaut.

Controversial changes over two years ago to Europe's chocolate rules - that had cocoa puritans and producers up in arms - came into force in the summer, providing ingredients companies with a raft of new opportunities.

It is the third largest producer of cocoa beans.

Cocoa is probably the most sustainable of all internationally traded commodities, so there are several «feel - good» reasons for eating the chocolate made from it this Easter — at least when the cocoa is grown by smallholder producers and traded by processors that are committed to equitable sharing of profits.

US based cocoa producer Cargill has developed a new method of processing cocoa which allows for reduced fat content and greater dispersibility in cocoa powder.

There's a need to better organize and scale diversification in order to increase cocoa producer livelihood and landscape resiliency — especially in light of the increasing threat to current cocoa yields in the larger West African region.

At the Meadow we are mesmerized by anyone with the audacity and alchemical craft required to turn a humble cocoa bean into a noble chocolate bar, which is why the bulk of our chocolate collection focuses on the work of chocolate producers, rather than chocolatiers.

In addition, Barry Callebaut was a founding member of the World Cocoa Foundation as well as the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and one of the driving forces behind CocoaAction, the World Cocoa Foundation's voluntary strategy to align the initiatives of global cocoa and chocolate producers to improve the livelihood of cocoa farmers.

Barry Callebaut, the world's leading producer of high - quality chocolate and cocoa, and Prova, one of the world's premier manufacturers of vanilla extracts and flavors, are joining forces to launch a novel project in Madagascar.

Agung Widi, from Kalimajari, a civil society organization working with cocoa farmers and Kerta Semaya Samaniya cocoa cooperative in Jembrana, Indonesia, explains how certification helped them become one of the top 50 cocoa producers in the world.

KG, one of Europe's leading producers of chocolate and cocoa powder.

The company is the organiser of Chocoa Amsterdam, the annual meeting place for cocoa producers and other stakeholders in the cocoa supply chain.

Season Three of the CRPC is made possible with the support of more than 10 sponsors including: Nielsen - Massey Vanillas, a manufacturer of the finest vanilla products and flavor extracts; Waring Commercial, a manufacturer of professional - quality appliances for the home, foodservice and laboratory industries; Steelite International, a manufacturer and supplier of tabletop ranges for the international hospitality industry; Wholesome Sweeteners, a leading provider of sustainable, environmentally and ethically responsible, great tasting sweeteners; PreGel America, a specialty dessert ingredients company; Midwest Foods, a specialty produce food distribution company; Will Powder, a producer of technical food ingredients; Frigomat, a company that manufactures ice cream machines; deZaan Gourmet, a producer of premium chocolate, cocoa powders, cocoa butter, chocolate batons, pralines; and Clifton Larsen Allen, a professional services and accountancy firm; and many more.

While Fairtrade KitKat benefits the producers of the less than 3 % of cocoa sourced by Nestlé for this product (2.6 %), Nestlé has failed to deliver on its promise to end child slavery in its cocoa supply chain by 2006.

With price volatilities on the international cocoa market representing, perhaps, the biggest threat to cocoa producers, President Akufo - Addo bemoaned the fact that the fortunes of Ghanaian farmers, unfortunately, have become tied to the volatile cocoa bean market.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, says the two largest producers of cocoa in the world, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, have now decided to co-operate in ensuring that they do not continue to be victims or pawns of a global cocoa industry that is dependent on the work of their farmers.

«Indeed, government will make sure that producer prices paid to Ghanaian cocoa farmers remain unchanged, and will be in sync with those of Ivorian farmers,» he said.

This situation compelled other countries to reduce their producer prices of cocoa.

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.

Ghana also produces high quality cocoa, [102] is the 2nd largest producer of cocoa globally, [102][103] and is projected to become the largest producer of cocoa in the world in 2015.

But some cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region expressed disappointment in government over what they describe as a «paltry» increase in the producer price of cocoa.

«One only needs to talk to cocoa farmers to appreciate the satisfaction that greeted the recent unprecedented increment in the producer price of cocoa, «he said, adding that the lot of the cocoa farmer is much better today than eight years ago.

Perhaps the most significant step the administration took in respect of the producer price of cocoa was that the government raised the producer price of cocoa more than three times within two years.

At a ceremony to commemorate this year's national cocoa day in Tepa in the Ashanti Region, the Deputy Finance Ministe, r who is also the Chairman of Producer Price Review Committee, insisted that the new price takes immediate effect.

They also committed themselves to harmonizing their cocoa marketing policies, and agreed to announce every year, in a concomitant manner, and before the beginning of the campaign, the price to cocoa producers.

To this end, President Akufo - Addo and President Alassane Ouattara have reaffirmed their commitment to define a better, common strategy and a sustainable solution for the improvement of prices for cocoa producers, in their respective countries.

The bulk of the excess cocoa above 850,000 metric tonnes was light crop cocoa sold at an average discounted price of US$ 1,600 (GHC6, 720.00) per tonne while the producer price paid to the farmer remained at GHC7, 600.00 (US$ 1,810) per tonne.

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.

The investigators, who closely collaborated with the R&D team of Barry Callebaut, the world's largest chocolate producer, have combined two critical characteristics of yeast in single hybrid variants: the ability to dominate cocoa fermentations, and to produce a specific flavor.

As it also contains tryptophans (amino acids), which are producers and transmitters of serotonin in the body, and that the «happiness hormone» serotonin plays an essential role in mood by providing a feeling of appeasement, comfort, satisfaction and well - being, cocoa has in addition a greatly appreciated antidepressant effect.

Today, Ghana is the second largest producer of cocoa in the world.

The cocoa butter is also appealing for its fair - trade certification from Fair For Life, a certifying body that examines the entire chain of custody, from producer to manufacturer to trader.