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Ivorian Government Aims to Improve Cocoa Planting Material
Apr 8, 2015The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Cote d'Ivoire's Conseil du Café-Cacao have reached an agreement to improve cocoa planting material. This new agreement is part of the Ivorian government's 2QC national cocoa strategy. WCF ...
Tags: World Cocoa Foundation, Material, Food
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WCF and Leaders From The Global Cocoa Sector Have Convened in Copenhagen
Oct 28, 2014Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain ...
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Senior Executives and Cocoa Companies Are Signing a Joint Agreement with The Government
May 26, 2014Senior executives from 12 of the world's largest chocolate and cocoa companies are signing a joint agreement with the Government of Ghana as part of an unprecedented strategy to accelerate actions to make cocoa farming in the country ...
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WCF Is Investing $3m to Support Cocoa Improvement Projects in Africa
Jun 6, 2013The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is investing $3m to support cocoa improvement projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The initiative will use a range of methods including internet resources, mobile phone technology and microfinance ...
Tags: Cocoa, Agriculture, Food
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Pickit&Packit Has Reported a Swift Start to 2013 After Introducing New Work Transporters
Jun 4, 2013Pickit and Packit has reported a swift start to 2013 after introducing new work transporters and an automatic coder. The new capacity has led to an expansion of work from the bottled alcohol industry in particular and the company, based in ...
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Hershey Announced That Its Cocoalink Mobile Technology Program Is Expanding to Ivory Coast
May 30, 2013US chocolate manufacturer Hershey has announced that its CocoaLink mobile technology program is expanding to Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cocoa. The CocoaLink program provides farm training through low-cost messages ...
Tags: chocolate, Mobile Technology
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WCF Is Closing Its Lamb Processing Business in The Island of Anglesey, UK
Apr 12, 2013Welsh Country Foods (WCF) is closing its lamb processing business in the Island of Anglesey, UK, with immediate effect, a move which will result in 310 job losses. The plant closure comes after the completion of a 90-day consultation ...
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WCF Lindt & Sprungli Are Partnering with USDA to Support Research on Fine-Flavorin Ecuador
Mar 29, 2013The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprungli are partnering with the US Department of Agriculture to support genetics research on fine-flavor cocoa varieties grown in Ecuador. The USDA's Agricultural ...
Tags: chocolate, cocoa, Agricultural
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The Project Works with Approximately 7,000 Farmers Throughout Ghana's Cocoa Producing Area
Feb 21, 2013The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and US-based chocolate producer TCHO have entered into a partnership to introduce innovations and quality improvements to cocoa grown in Ghana. As a part of the project, WCF and TCHO will set up a Flavor ...
Tags: WCF, TCHO, Cocoa Crop Project
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Unite The Union Has Urged Asda to Reinstate Its Contract with Welsh Country Foods
Jan 16, 2013Unite the union has urged Asda to reinstate its contract with Welsh Country Foods (WCF). The plea comes after WCF’s owner Vion UK warned that losing the contract could force the closure of the Anglesey site with the loss of up to 350 ...
Tags: Unite the union, Asda, Welsh Country Foods
