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      <image:caption><![CDATA['The ability of cooperatives to assess risks will also help them maintain, and potentially grow, market access in Europe and elsewhere'. Pic: Fairtrade International]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Cocoa Coalition urges the all stakeholders to thrash-out a long-term agreement to end deforestation in West Africa. Pic: Rainforest Alliance]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The new healthier option of Mars bar. Pic: Mars Wrigley UK]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Batches of Kinder that have supposed to have been recalled by Ferrero are still on sale in Scotland. Pic: Ferrero]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Much of the deforestation is driven by the expanding production of key commodities such as cocoa. Pic: Rainforest Alliance]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Established in The Netherlands in 2005, Tony’s Chocolonely has been on a mission to 'make 100% slave-free the norm in chocolate'. Pic: Tony's Chocolonely]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Divine Chocolate supports sustainable livelihoods for its Kuapa Kokoo farmers. Pic: Divine Chocolate]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Fairtrade's giant grass painting of Bismark Kpabitey, a Fairtrade cocoa farmer, launches its fortnight of events to highlight sustainability issues. Pic: Sand In Your Eye]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's borders have been shut for almost two years, disrupting daily life for its citizens and businesses. Pic: GettyImages]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Cocoa Horizons premiums, the Barry Callebaut's preferred certification programme, increase of +63% compared to the previous year. Pic: Cocoa Horizons]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Delegates will be heading to the Corum, Montpellier, for the next edition of the International Symposium on Cocoa Research (ISCR). Pic le Corum.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['We can all agree that we're nowhere near where we should have been by now," Aarti Kapoor, Executive Director of Embode. Pic: CN]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Stretches of Brazil's rainforest have been cut down, but it is one of the signatories at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030. Pic: WCF]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Increased appetite for fairly-sourced chocolate is also reflected in sales of Fairtrade cocoa'. Pic: Fairtrade]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The ECA heads to The Eternal City for its next Forum in 2022. Pic: elegreenparkhotelpamphili.com]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) featured in the Barry Callebaut CFI Progress Report include the topics of replanting, pruning, and soil nutrition. Pic: Barry Callebaut]]></image:caption>
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