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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF), aims to reach 5 million children and 10 million parents in cocoa growing areas and beyond. Pic: Fairtrade International]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Barry Callebaut said it is working to ensure its operations 'do not put employees or cocoa farmers at risk'. Pic: Barry Callebaut]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[CFI Frameworks for Action is a joint agreement with government, civil society and the worlds leading chocolate and cocoa companies, including Barry Callebaut. Pic: Barry Callebaut]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[One of Flavorchem's manufacturing facilities in the US, which continues to be 100% operational. Pic: Flavorchem]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Hotel Chocolat closes all its UK stores. Photo Hotel Chocolat ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sweets & Snacks Expo, held every year in Chicago, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. It will now go ahead in 2021. Pic: NCA]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Tic-Tac-Toe game is one of the offerings from Theo Chocolate. Photo: Theo Chocolate.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The NCA is using all its political clout on The Hill, calling on the US government to help small confectionery firms during the deepening coronavirus crisis. Pic: GettyImages]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Chocovision, which provides an intimate setting for open discussion in Davos, Switzerland, on the state of the cocoa industry, has announced its 2020 conference has been postponed. Pic: Barry Callebaut]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Satellite technology by Starling is playing a key role in stopping deforestation. Pic: Starling]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Olam OFIS technology in use on a Cameroon cocoa farm. Pic: Olam Cocoa]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[NCA says its Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago is still going ahead in May. Pic: NCA]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[ Mars Wrigley is one of the companies calling for due diligence in the cocoa sector to improve sustainability in the supply chain. Pic: Mars Wrigley]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sweets & Snacks Expo 2020 is still going ahead, organizers said. Pic: ConfectioneryNews]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Created to support Fairtrade’s She Deserves campaign, the ‘storybombs’ are named after real cocoa farmers from Côte d’Ivoire. Pic: Chris Terry/Fairtrade]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Rainforest Alliance’s strengthened cocoa certification program includes stricter audit rules and enhanced traceability. Pic: Rainforest Alliance]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Fairtrade report, ‘Chocolate’s Invisible Women,’ highlights how large numbers of women farmers face an even worse situation than their male counterparts. Pic; Fairtrade]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Human rights groups in the US have petitioned the government to ban Ivorian cocoa because of alleged child labor and trafficking practices. Pic: ConfectioneryNews]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[A recent national survey found that two million children were performing hazardous work in cocoa production in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Pic: ICI]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore where the CAA conference will take place in June 2020]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2020/02/13/Divine-Chocolate-achieves-outstanding-B-Corp-rating/</loc>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Fairtrade’s Divine Chocolate has seen its latest B Corp rating increase from 102 to 127 points. Pic: Divine]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[ Fairtrade International’s mission is to enable farmers and workers to earn a decent living. Pic: Fairtrade America]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2020/01/24/Olam-Cocoa-backs-UN-Education-Day-by-extending-its-learning-programme-on-climate-change/</loc>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Olam Cocoa has announced plans to extend an innovative learning programme that teaches school children from farming communities about the environment. Pic: Olam Cocoa]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The NCA is bolstering its team ahead of its Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago in May.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA['Currently almost no cocoa farmers in the main cocoa production countries in West Africa are earning a living income,' says the Cocoa Barometer. Pic: Fairtrade]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Top marks for Lindt in Mighy Earth's Sustainable Easter Egg guide. Pic: Lindt]]></image:caption>
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