How Ghana’s cocoa farmers can benefit from digital payments

Two new reports published by the WCF and the Better Than Cash Alliance highlight why now, more than ever, the country’s impoverished farmers should get all the help they need in going digital. Read more

WCF’s 2020 Partnership Meeting goes virtual

The World Cocoa Foundation’s (WCF) 2020 Partnership Meeting, set to be held in Bogotá, Colombia, on November 18 and 19, has been switched to an online-only event due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization has announced. Read more

Cocoa & Forests Initiative announces four million trees planted in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Public-private initiative reports progress in West Africa and aims to expand efforts to end cocoa-related deforestation and forest degradation. Read more

Cocoa industry pulls together to offer more financial support for farmers to help with COVID-19

New initiative builds on other industry efforts to help cocoa farmers respond to coronavirus pandemic and is backed by more than 30 companies and organizations. Read more

WCF president Rick Scobey says cocoa industry needs to do more in 2020 to clean up its act

In a new year’s blog published on the WCF website, Scobey says much was achieved in 2019, ‘but much more remains to be done’ surrounding farmer poverty and deforestation. Read more