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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center will host the next World Cocoa Conference in 2022. Pic: Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[CARE and Cargill’s support has created profound change for women, its new reports claims. Pic: Cargill]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Cocoa and Forest Initiative’s (CFI) will influence the new sustainable cocoa project in Ghana. Pic: CFI]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['High yields of cocoa means poverty for farmers and excessive profit for chocolate manufacturers,' the 2020 Cocoa Barometer report claims. Pic: ICI]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Barry Parkin, Mars Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer, opened the WCF Partnership Meeting session on the European Union's Dialogue on Sustainable Cocoa. Pic: Confectionerynews]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The ICI revealed that 88-96% of child labourers are attending school,as fight to end the issue continues. Pic: ICI]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The government’s approach to tackling deforestation is linked to UK demand for products like cocoa. Pic: ©Nathalie Bertrams/Fairtrade Foundation]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Cadbury products including Dairy Milk bars are been offered online as part of a hamper scam. Pic:  Mondelēz International]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Cocoa farmers in the Fairtrade system will receive extra funding to help fight the coronavirus. Pic: Fairtrade]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Tony’s Chocolonely also recommends a sector-wide rollout of the  Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System, developed by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to combat child labour in the cocoa industry. Pic: ICI]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Child labour remediation programmes like the one run by Nestlé identify the critical need for infrastructure investment. Pic: Nestlé ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Cocoa Horizons farmer Nélida Morán Reyes receives new cocoa seedlings to start training in Good Agricultural Practices. Pic: Barry Callebaut Group]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[A new report by NORC assesses the efforts by the cocoa industry to reduce child labour in West Africa Pic: Green America]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Haribo's Pontefract factory. Pic: Haribo]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The new portal will provide a set of digital tools to enable farmers make informed decisions based on agronomy. Pic: Cargill]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Fairtrade Yorkshire members deliver their petition to Nestlé’s York factory, home of the KitKat bar. Pic: Fairtrade Yorkshire]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The BDSI has called for  uniform supply chain measures in cocoa and other raw materials. Pic: ConfectioneryNews]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The European Commission has launched its Sustainable Cocoa Initiative, report expected in 2021. Pic: EU/EC]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Olam's Farmer Information System feeds through to its sustainability insights platform, AtSource, to show where the cocoa beans have come from. Pic: Olam Cocoa]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Girls’ Education Fund joins the MIA Green carbon capture initiative to promote sustainability in Madagascar's cocoa sector. Pic: MIA]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Tony's Chocolonely was founded with a mission to make all chocolate 100% slave free. Pic: Tony's Chocolonely ]]></image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-04T01:18:48.923Z</lastmod>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[German confectioners have been badly hit by the US trade tariffs. Pic: ISM]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Child forced labour in the cocoa supply chain is also a real problem, the ICI has discovered. Pic: ICI]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Raffles City Convention Centre (RCCC), Singapore, will be the venue for the CAA's rescheduled conference.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Money for Madagascar and its partners in Madagascar are taking the initiative to help tackle coronavirus care. Pic: Money for Madagascar]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has published a joint study on causes and effects of child labour in cocoa growing communities. Pic: ICI]]></image:caption>
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