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Cameroon to open a cocoa academy in collaboration with French chocolate makers - CameroonOnline.org
Business in Cameroon | Today May 27, a delegation of the French Chocolate makers’ union is scheduled to meet the Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER). According to credible sources, during the audience, MINADER Gabriel Mbairobe and the delegation will sign the framework agreement for the creation of a 12-hectare cocoa academy baptized …
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Why is it we now live in an age where the preposterous out right lies of politicians are accepted as truths and gospel, but people who tell the truth have to seek asylum in another nation? When did this not only become OK but the norm? What legacy are we leaving and what are we leaving our children?...Read More

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Topics: Markets/Pricing, Agriculture Global, Cocoa, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Research,
Two compounds can cause musty, moldy scents in cocoa
Chocolate is a beloved treat, but sometimes the cocoa beans that go into bars and other sweets have unpleasant flavors or scents, making the final products taste bad.
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Topics: Cocoa, Economics, Sugar,
More than beans: Nestle recycles cocoa fruit waste to replace sugar in chocolate
As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food ...
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Cocoa, Sustainability, Research, Ag Africa, Pollinators,
Getting hands-on with pollination can boost cocoa yields, study shows | South Africa Today
Less than 10% of flowers in a cocoa tree are pollinated in natural conditions. Efforts to bolster the yields traditionally involved breeding programs or the use of fertilizers and other chemicals. A new study on Indonesian cocoa farms took a different approach: pollinating by hand. Researchers compared cocoa yields using their hands-on process versus traditional […]
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Topics: Organic, Cocoa, Food/Nutrition, Vegan, Consumer/Retail,
New products – Nestle, General Mills cereal JV in UK organic launch; Mars adds to vegan chocolate range; Ferrero launches Kinder biscuits in France
This week's selection of new products includes the UK launch of an organic variant of Cheerios breakfast cereal from Nestlé and General Mills, and Kinder biscuits from Ferrero.
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Ivory Coast cocoa growers step up campaign against chocolate giants | Fin24
Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast has escalated a media campaign against multinational chocolate makers, threatening them with a boycott in a dispute over payment.
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Topics: Cocoa, Sustainability, Ag Africa,
If true, very unfortunate. Let's hope there's more to this story
Ivory Coast, Ghana cancel cocoa sustainability schemes run by chocolatemaker Hershey
Ivory Coast and Ghana are cancelling all cocoa sustainability schemes run by U.S.-based Hershey in the west African countries, accusing the chocolatemaker of trying to avoid paying a cocoa premium aimed at combating farmer poverty.
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Topics: Jobs, Agriculture Global, Cocoa, Sustainability, Ag Europe, World Hunger, World Population,
Tackling the hidden cost of Europe's chocolate habit
Chocolate is a cheap treat in Europe, but beneath the wrapper, it is mired in the bitter issues of deforestation, biodiversity loss and child labour.
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Topics: Cocoa, Economics, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Coco industry upbeat about antiviral effects of coco oil - Manila Bulletin
Coconut industry stakeholders are upbeat that recent trials that show coconut oil having strong potential in fighting COVID-19 may provide a much-needed boost to the industry as well as the Philippine economy as a whole. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), thru the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, […]
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