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From postman to cocoa farmer

2016-09-06 01:13:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Filipino farmer Grover Rosit started growing cocoa more than a decade ago - and has since struck gold, quitting his old job and sending all his kids to college.

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Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought

2016-09-04 07:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Today: nce a cocoa planter, Ferdinand Konan Yao has joined the ranks of fellow farmers who have abandoned Ivory Coast`s top cash crop to work in clandestine gold mines buried deep in the plantations. "It hasn`t rained for more than five years and cocoa`s no longer worth anything," said Yao, sporting a cowboy hat. Ivory Coast is the world`s leading cocoa exporter but it is the prospect of striking gold that is luring diggers from neighbouring Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. They come to seek their...

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Barry Callebaut, IFC, and IDH partner to provide credit for cocoa farmers

2016-08-19 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

Chocolate and cocoa product manufacturer Barry Callebaut; International Finance Corporation (IFC); and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) have signed a $9m risk sharing partnership to cover smallholder cocoa farmers in Cote dIvoire by 2020.

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July's top stories: Tesco to use Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa, Unilever partners with Hubbub

2016-08-08 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

Tesco will use cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified sources for its own label chocolate products sold in UK by the end of 2018, and Unilever has collaborated with Hubbub to launch Joint Ambition for a Zero Food Waste Britain. Foodprocessing-techn

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Tesco to use cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified sources by end of 2018

2016-07-20 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

Tesco, a UK-based retailer, has announced that it will use cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified sources for its own label chocolate products sold in UK by the end of 2018.

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