Post-harvest processing helps cocoa farmers

September 18, 2008 - The establishment of a Cocoa Processing Unit (CPU) in Tabanan regency has helped the local cocoa farmers to get better prices and to avoid the trap set by the tengkulak (village-level commodity middlemen).

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Best practice for chocolate industry urgent, voices child labour watchdog

July 10, 2008 - Herculean efforts are required by the global chocolate industry to ensure that sourced cocoa supplies are not linked to exploited or trafficked child labour, underlines labour watchdog International Labor Rights Forum.

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Callebaut ethical investment ensures cocoa traceability

April 17, 2008 - Barry Callebaut has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Biolands of Tanzania, Africa's largets exporter of certified organic cocoa, after purchasing 100 per cent of its top-end cocoa for the past eight years.

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Cadbury Announces Historic Partnership to Secure the Future of Cocoa Farming

January 28, 2008 - Cadbury, the world's leading confectionery company, has announced today the establishment of the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership to secure the economic, social and environmental sustainability of around a million cocoa farmers and their communities in Ghana, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean.

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