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Responsible digitization starts with understanding the financial lives of cocoa farmers, a new study by the WCF suggests. Pic WCF

How Ghana’s cocoa farmers can benefit from digital payments

Two new reports published by the WCF and the Better Than Cash Alliance highlight why now, more than ever, the country’s impoverished farmers should get all the help they need in going digital.

Barry Callebaut sales suffer due to COVID-19, but raises its mid-term outlook

Group sees improvement in June, as lockdowns are easing, and raises its mid-term outlook as markets begin to reopen.

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Cocoa Farming in West Africa: Turning Hardship into Hope

The biggest advances in cocoa sustainability happen when many groups work as one. That’s why Cargill works with partners like ICI to forge a better path forward, together.

ProSweets Cologne reports keen interest in 2021 event

Supplier industry for sweets and snacks is placing its bets on a re-start after the coronavirus pandemic and is already looking at numerous bookings from firms in Europe and beyond.

European platforms for sustainable cocoa join forces for stronger commitment

Three European platforms for sustainable cocoa, The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO), the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (SWISSCO) and the Belgian platform Beyond Chocolate have signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)’ to instigate...

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Savvy snacking

Eating between meals has gone through a makeover. Where snacking once pointed to poor eating habits, many consumers now see snacks as part of a healthy lifestyle providing nourishment, pleasure and functional benefits.

Olam launches new competition to help global agriculture fight COVID-19

Olam International, in partnership with Agropolis Fondation, has announced a competition with a $75,000 grant for the best innovation in food security that can deliver transformational impacts within global agriculture.