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  • In cocoa’s heartland, African farmers seek new opportunities
  • Cocoa farmers in southeast Cameroon are adapting to EU regulations, but they still want a fair price
  • How the cocoa price crash is crushing West African farmers

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csmonitor.com /2 days ago

In cocoa’s heartland, African farmers seek new opportunities

In Côte d’Ivoire, where 40% of the world’s cocoa is grown, many are asking how the country’s iconic crop can offer more benefit to its people.

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globalvoices.org /2 weeks ago

Cocoa farmers in southeast Cameroon are adapting to EU regulations, but they still want a fair price

“We produce certified cocoa respecting standards, which means we have learned to keep the environment, the people, and the cocoa bean healthy- harmony between nature, people, and c...

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philstockworld.com /1 month ago

How the cocoa price crash is crushing West African farmers

Cocoa prices reached a peak in 2024 before plummeting by nearly 75%, dealing a financial blow to millions of farmers in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Will … Source

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forestsnews.org /1 week ago

The case for cocoa: A ‘golden ticket’ for Pacific farmers?

Papua New Guinea grows some of the world’s finest cocoa. On the Managalas Plateau, farmers are reviving old trees and planting new ones, but turning prized beans into reliable inco...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

West Africa: How the Cocoa Price Crash is Crushing West African Farmers

[DW] Cocoa prices reached a peak in 2024 before plummeting by nearly 75%, dealing a financial blow to millions of farmers in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Will the crisis mark a turning...

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thenews-chronicle.com /1 month ago

Cocoa Prices Climb to Six-Month Peak as West Africa Faces Fresh Supply Threats

Global cocoa prices have surged to their highest level in nearly six months as heavy rainfall across Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast raises fresh concerns over production and supply...

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Africa’s coffee, cocoa and tea farmers face growing risks as prices swing

Millions of smallholder farmers depend on coffee, cocoa and tea for their livelihoods. The FAO warns that climate shocks, diseases and market instability are increasing pressure on...

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dailycoffeenews.com /1 month ago

Palm Oil, Cocoa, Coffee… Who’s Going to Tend to Tomorrow’s Large Tropical Plantations?

Palm oil plantations, for one, are increasingly struggling with the sector’s declining attractiveness, which has hardly changed since the colonial era. Behind basic foodstuffs like...

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news.mongabay.com /6 days ago

‘Cocoa fever’ in Liberia’s Grand Gedeh is wiping out native forests

Until 2020, 99% of Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county was covered by natural forests. Since then, cacao farms have rapidly encroached on those forests, reports Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo. G...

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taipeitimes.com /6 days ago

West Africa cocoa sector struggles to meet EU rules

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theheraldghana.com /6 days ago

West Africa cocoa sector struggles to meet EU anti-deforestation rules, raising supply concerns

Source: Reuters Ojo Ayaninuola, a small-scale cocoa farmer from Akure in southwestern Nigeria, was initially reluctant to let exporters map and geolocate his farm as part of measur...

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Can OPEC-style alliance help Ghana, Ivory Coast beat cocoa slump? [Business Africa]

Presidents Alassane Ouattara and John Mahama have agreed to revive what's being called the 'Cocoa OPEC', a coordinated strategy to harmonize farmgate prices and align crop calendar...

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staradvertiser.com /1 month ago

Dole Food Co. sells Hawaii’s largest cacao farm

Dole Food Co. has exited the chocolate business in Hawaii after pioneering large-scale farming of cacao on former sugarcane fields in Waialua.

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csmonitor.com /2 days ago

What we learn from chocolate

A visit to a chocolate factory in Massachusetts and a cocoa farm in Belize sparked the author’s interest in how chocolate is made and in the farmers who grow cacao.

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africanews.com /2 weeks ago

Ivory Coast cocoa buyout completed, authorities say

Ivory Coast’s cocoa buyout operation has been completed, the country’s Coffee-Cocoa Council said in a statement on Thursday.

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news.mongabay.com /1 month ago

Ecuador’s Amazon coffee farmers get ahead of Europe’s deforestation rules

“What motivates us most is being able to say, ‘I take care of the environment, I don’t cut down trees, and my coffee will be valued more highly,’” said Victoria Alverca Peña, a far...

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news.mongabay.com /1 month ago

The vanishing forests on Liberia’s cocoa frontier

(GRAND GEDEH, Liberia) – Off in the woods beyond the ekki trees, a sharp crack cuts through the buzzing of insects. “It’s a tree falling,” says George Bowey, a baby-faced community...

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africanews.com /2 weeks ago

Ghana moves to jail farmers who repurpose cocoa land without approval

Ghana's parliament passed a bill that could send cocoa farmers to prison for up to 20 years if they convert their farms to other uses without government approval.

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esgnews.com /6 days ago

EU Deforestation Rules Put West Africa Cocoa at Risk

Cocoa farmers across West Africa are racing to document exactly where their beans are grown as the European Union prepares to enforce its deforestation rules. For farmers such as O...

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news.mongabay.com /1 month ago

Amazon floodplains cocoa offers a climate-resilient and sustainable chocolate

A river community in Pará uses ancestral secrets to beat the climate crisis one chocolate bean at a time.

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lionheartv.net /1 month ago

Building a Sustainable Local Cacao Business: Lessons from a Women-Led Village Enterprise

Chocolate fever is sweeping the globe. From the rise of premium chocolate trends in Europe to the viral “Dubai chocolate” phenomenon on social media, cacao has once again ascended...

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omanobserver.om /3 weeks ago

Qairoon Hairiti Farm successfully cultivates cocoa in Dhofar

SALALAH: Qairoon Hairiti Farm, affiliated with the Royal Court Affairs (RCA), has successfully cultivated cocoa following more than a decade of research, development, propagation a...

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bioengineer.org /4 weeks ago

Fine-flavor native cacao matches commercial yields, study shows

A new multi-year field study from Peru’s Piura region challenges a long-held assumption in cocoa agriculture: native fine-flavor cacao may be just as productive as commercial clone...

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taz.de /9 hours ago

Kakaoschmuggel in der DR Kongo: Bittere Schokolade

Die Rohstoffschmuggler im Osten der DR Kongo haben eine neue Branche entdeckt: Kakao. Der Boom bringt schnelles Geld und vernichtet die Wälder. mehr...

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