Sentences with phrase «own cocoa farming»

This is not just a cocoa farming issue.

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 future of cocoa farming, and with it the future of chocolate looks bleak.

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.

This has led to farmers abandoning cocoa farms and focusing on rubber or palm oil instead, -LSB-...]

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

Our suppliers use their own cocoa farming and maintain the highest standards of cocoa beans selection, roasting and grinding.

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.

Added benefit: the shade requirements for Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee and cocoa farms also happen to produce better tasting beans (who says you can't be both virtuous and indulgent?).

Building on this work, the Sustainable Finance Initiative, along with other partners, will test the development and the implementation of a small - scale multi-party technical assistance and investment facility that will eventually be scaled - up to finance 10,000 cocoa farm rejuvenation projects across Côte d'Ivoire.

We are proud to partner with organic cocoa farms around the island.

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

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.

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.

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.

Not only does it offer great taste and the traditional attributes of Swiss chocolate; but our customers can now also tell end consumers that by enjoying their chocolate, they support sustainable cocoa farming.

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

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.

This year's report illustrates the company's initiatives to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through sustainable cocoa farming practices and to address the basic health and education needs of cocoa communities.

We have a long - standing commitment to sustainability, as we believe that the future of our industry depends on its ability to make cocoa farming more viable and attractive to farmers, today and tomorrow.

With the precious support of the World Bank and Valrhona, the World Cocoa Foundation, the Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD) project of the International Trade Centre (ITC), Google Food Lab (GFL), Future Food Institute (FFI) and the Business School Lausanne (BSL) invite you to a three - day hackathon (October 23 - 24) to collaborate on creating, prototyping and birthing hardware and software tools which address some of the greatest challenges of cocoa farming.

Food security is a critical element of sustainable cocoa farming.

o Conference Programming: The National Chocolate Show will ignite discussions with industry leaders for the advancement of the chocolate industry through empowering conference programming on cocoa farming sustainability, improvement of the livelihood of cocoa farmers, trend spotting, fine flavor exploration, new product development, business insights, and more.

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.

All the chocolate is UTZ certified, which means the company takes a careful approach to the environment and supports sustainable cocoa farming.

Nana Anim II, who did not mince words, said the time has come for all the youth who have traveled far and near to return home and accept the challenge to go into cocoa farming, as it is the surest way to live a fulfilled life.

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.

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.

He revealed that as a result of this, COCOBOD since 2014 intensified its efforts at encouraging the youth to see cocoa farming as «a lucrative business rather than a way of life».

With the new program, a cocoa farmer who has 100 hectares of cocoa farm and was therefore entitled to 750 bags (7.5 bags of granular fertilizer per hectare) is expected to pay GH cents 60,000 for the same 750.

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.

Swearing in the new appointees, President Nana Addo expressed worry that the interest in cocoa farming has waned in recent years.

Meanwhile, COCOBOD, as part of efforts to encourage the younger generation to go into cocoa farming, has sponsored two young cocoa farmers to attend the 28th World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Partnership Meeting and Cocoa Sustainably Trade Fair in Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan.

The Ejisu - Juaben district chief cocoa farmer, Nana Kofi Mpiani, feared Ghana may not be able to achieve its target of producing 1 million tonnes of cocoa if the invasion of the armyworms on cocoa farms is not controlled.

3 out of my 4 acres of cocoa farm have been destroyed by the pests».

Mr. Crentsil, who has been a farmer for close to 20 years, has 120 acres of cocoa farm, 80 acres of rubber, 60 acres of plantain, 60 acres of cowpea, 30 acres of cassava, 7 acres of oil palm, 6 acres of coconut, 15 acres of citrus farms among others.

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.

The President of Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana Nana, Oboadie Bonsu alleged that over two thousand acres of cocoa farms have so far been destroyed to pave...

President Mahama, said the Ghana COCOBOD will assist interested farmers with free seedlings and inputs to start the cocoa farming.

General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: otecfmghana.com File Photo: A broken bridge in Sokoban The chiefs and people of Barekuma, a cocoa farming community in...

They went to our cocoa farms without permission and started digging them out.

General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: otecfmghana.com File Photo: A broken bridge in Sokoban The chiefs and people of Barekuma, a cocoa farming community in the Atwima Nwabiagya North district of the Ashanti region are appealing to the District Assembly and the Member of Parliament for the area to construct their collapsed bridge on River Offin, which links them to other communities as hundreds of cocoa bags remain locked out.

The chiefs and people of Barekuma, a cocoa farming community in the Atwima Nwabiagya North district of the Ashanti region are appealing to the District Assembly and the Member of Parliament for the area to construct their collapsed bridge on River Offin, which links them to other communities as hundreds of cocoa bags remain locked out.

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...