New Fairtrade sourcing rules boost cocoa sector but could reduce market opportunities for Fairtrade-certified sugar According to the website Foodnavigator.com, pending changes to Fairtrade sourcing and labelling rules designed to boost sales of Fairtrade cocoa wi... 05/03/2014
Rising cocoa prices putting pressure on chocolate manufacturers In December 2013, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) increased its estimate for the production deficit in 2012/13 and expressed concerns o... 16/02/2014
Future aspirations for Ghanaian cocoa production and the producer price issue According to a short report by Oxford Business Group, some 835,000 tonnes of cocoa were harvested in Ghana during the 2012/13 season, “about 21% of... 02/02/2014
New EU labelling rules could pose challenges With the EU’s Food Information for Consumers regulation set to come into effect in December 2014, the website Foodnavigator.com has sought to revie... 26/01/2014
Fairtrade certification for multiple-ingredient products to be modified Following a meeting of the Fairtrade International Board in November 2013, it was announced that a new model for Fairtrade certification of value-a... 19/01/2014
Organic cocoa prices not sufficient incentive to stimulate production Crown of Holland, a processor of organic cocoa, which recently opened a 9,000-tonne organic and speciality cocoa plant in the Netherlands, has call... 19/01/2014
First outcomes of the cocoa sector reform in Côte d’Ivoire discussed: Positive on quality but less on processing Press reports suggest that the quality of cocoa beans from Côte d’Ivoire has already improved as a result of the cocoa sector reform. The percentag... 18/01/2014
CBI highlights trends and opportunities for tea, coffee and cocoa exporters Analysis from the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI), an agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, su... 12/01/2014
Sustainably certified cocoa supplies available, but demand lagging According to Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading industrial producer of chocolate, the company is capable of supplying more cocoa certified as sus... 22/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Cocoa sector 1. Background and key issuesACP producers are global leaders in cocoa production, which is concentr... 16/12/2013