News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Special Edition: Beyond 2020 - the future of sustainable cocoa
The cocoa industry must intensify production on existing farmland, but technology to do so is limited or out of reach of impoverished farmers.
Special edition: Beyond 2020 - The future of sustainable cocoa
Asia is poised to help meet rising demand for cocoa, but its key producer Indonesia faces quality concerns and its government lacks incentive to grow the sector.
Special Edition: Beyond 2020 - The future of sustainable cocoa
The chocolate industry must ramp up support for good agricultural practices on existing cocoa farmland or else rainforest will be chopped down to make way for new plantations and it may face supply constraints, say stakeholders.