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WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprungli are providing a financial gift to the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service's Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory (SPCL) to support genetics research on fine-flavor cocoa varieties found in Ecuador. The research may help ensure long term supply of cocoa and chocolate products that contain prized flavor attributes. WCF President Bill...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has been awarded a grant from the Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program (BACP) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to develop biodiversity indicators and strengthen associated data collection methodologies. Indicators serve as a gauge of the health of the sector's sustainability efforts. The grant will support biodiversity indicators in the cocoa sector through WCF's CocoaMAP initiative....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and chocolate maker TCHO are collaborating to introduce innovations and quality improvements to cocoa grown in Ghana. This will take the form of a "Flavor Lab" located at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) and on-farm extension work. The project's goal is to demonstrate to farmers the direct link between quality at the farm level and increased value for their products. The Flavor Lab will include a...
Fellowship Recipients Include First-Ever from Vietnam ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has announced the selection of seven cocoa research scientists from five countries for fellowships through the WCF/U.S. Department of Agriculture's Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program Global Cocoa Initiative. The scientists, representing research institutions in Costa Rica, Cote...
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At its semiannual Partnership Meeting & Roundtable Sessions here, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has announced increased funding and program support for cocoa-growing communities in Cote d'Ivoire through the Cocoa Community Development Fund, valued at more than $1 million. WCF members supporting programs to be carried out by the fund include Archer Daniels Midland Cocoa; Cargill; Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., Mars, Incorporated;...
ZURICH, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO this week jointly convene a cross-section of representatives from the chocolate and cocoa industry, cocoa-producing countries, development agencies, donor groups, non-governmental organizations and cocoa certifying bodies. The gathering, themed "Innovations in Cocoa Sustainability: People, Planet, Profit," will focus on improving efforts to boost incomes,...
ZURICH, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has named Nicko Debenham, director of development and sustainability at Armajaro Trading Ltd., as its chairman for the 2013-2015 term. Debenham most recently served as WCF co-vice chairman and has more than 25 years' experience in the West African cocoa sector. WCF also used the occasion to proudly announce its 100(th) company member. The news came at WCF's semiannual Board meeting, taking place here one day ahead...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Palmer's(®) Cocoa Butter Formula(®), the No. 1 Cocoa Butter brand in the United States, joins the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) in support of their efforts to provide economic, social and environmental development in cocoa-growing communities. As one of the first cocoa butter skin care brands in the US, Palmer's has become synonymous with cocoa butter. Like the WCF, the brand recognizes the benefits associated with the cocoa...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) announces nine new members from Belgium, Canada, Germany, Nigeria, Switzerland, and the United States. The diverse companies join cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, processors, supply chain managers, and other companies worldwide that are committed to a sustainable cocoa economy. The new WCF members are: Agro-Traders Limited - Headquartered in Akure, NigeriaCOCOCO Chocolatiers Inc. - Calgary, Alberta,...
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the office of Dominique Ouattara, first lady of Cote d'Ivoire, announced today an agreement to develop and implement educational and vocational training programs to benefit cocoa farmers and their families in Cote d'Ivoire. The three-year agreement is valued at $3.6 million and will benefit more than 12,000 Ivorians through successful WCF educational programs that are active in the country and in other...
