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first certified vietnamese beans delivery is milestone for cocoa development in the region says cargill
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the delivery of cargill’s first utz certified beans from vietnam marks an important milestone for the company in its bid to establish the region as a new origin country for cocoa, said the ingredients giant. the development, which saw the arrival of the beans to cargill ’s buying station in chau thanh ben tre province, demonstrates the company’s role in building a global sustainable supply chain, continued the company. three vietnamese cocoa plantations also recently received utz certification for sustainable cocoa following cargill’s farmer training and the audit process in january. harold poelma managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate told confectionerynews.com the company was aiming for the certification of more cooperatives as well as scaling up of production of sustainable cocoa. “cargill will continue to undertake research and provide training to cocoa farmers with respect to good agricultural practices,” he said. the company founded the utz certified cocoa programme, along with dutch development organization solidaridad and others in the cocoa sector. meeting increasing demand cargill said that these recent developments will help it produce 600 metric tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans in 2011. in total the company will produce 2,500 metric tonnes of cocoa this year, up from less than 20mt in 2004 when the project was initially set up. poelma said that output from the new cocoa-producing country will help the company cater for the growing global demand for cocoa beans, which is growing at 2 to 3 per cent per year. “if supply does not increase, there will be insufficient cocoa to meet this demand,” said the managing director. “the vietnamese government recognises this too and has put a target of 100,000mt of cocoa to be produced each year by 2020,” he added. over the past six years cargill has worked with the vietnamese and dutch governments and confectionery giant mars to develop the production of sustainable cocoa in the country. poelma said that vietnamese farmers have proven to be hard working, willing to learn, and very productive , “so there is every indication that the country should be successful in capturing part of this cocoa opportunity”. boosting output in may 2011 the company opened its third buying station, located in bu dang, binh phuoc province. cargill’s other two stations are located in ben tre and daklak provinces and were established in 2005. since the start of the cocoa programme in 2004, cargill said it has increased its cocoa output through a number of initiatives, such as the introduction of farmer training. this includes the teaching of good agricultural practice and cocoa-growing techniques. “we educate them on farming and post harvest protocols as well as developing cocoa standards. in addition, cargill set up a fertiliser lending scheme to nurture the soil. the aim behind this is to increase the yield and improve the quality of the yield,” said poelma “just as importantly, cargill set up a supply infrastructure by establishing local buying stations and trading connections; supporting the construction of seedling houses” he said. in addition to this, poelma said the company has built fermentation houses, and developed its access to global markets. “the building of the first buying station was a crucial step as it created confidence for the farmers that they would actually be able to sell their new crop,” he added. the world cocoa crop is around 3.5 million tonnes - 70 per cent of which comes from west africa and close to 20 per cent from asia. poelma previously told this publication that although vietnam is not a traditional cocoa producing country the company had recognised its potential to grow a good crop due to suitable climate and soil conditions.
Source :foodqualitynews.com
Date :
23
February
2011
Category :
restaurants and Food industrie
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leading cocoa processor archer daniels midland (adm) has announced it is kick-starting its ivory coast sustainable cocoa initiative – serap – in indonesia in a bid to boost cocoa quality from growers in that region. indonesia is the third largest cocoa growing nation in the world, with growers in sulawesi the target of the programme, said adm. a spokesperson for the cocoa processor told confectionerynews.
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archer daniels midland company (adm) is to source utz certified cocoa for the first time, after nigeria was granted sustainable recognition for its beans. nigerian cocoa farmers were awarded the country’s first utz cocoa certification following a partnership between ingredients giant adm and cocoa exporter saro agro-allied which aimed to develop sustainable farming practices in the country.
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another milestone has been achieved in the utz certified sustainable cocoa programme, with the first-ever shipment of cocoa beans from ghana that meets that standard’s economic, environmental and social criteria. leading industrial supplier barry callebaut said it has bought the majority of the shipment, saying it applauds “the dedicated efforts of the farmers affiliated with the cocoa abrabopa association (caa), the first cocoa producer group to become utz certified in ghana.
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cargill has resumed is cocoa and chocolate operations at its production facility in the ivory coast following the resolution of the recent political crisis in the west african cocoa powerhouse. since the eu lifted its restrictions on the ports and institutions, the main ports of abidjan and san pedro have begun operating again with exports of cocoa products and beans resuming. jos de loor, managing director of cargill cocoa & chocolate, said that cocoa bean purchases have already begun, whilst exports will commence in the next few days: “the situation is continuing to improve with visible and practical signs that the country is on the road to recovery following the months of instability and uncertainty.
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a new minimum price for fairtrade organic cocoa, which comes into force early next year, will act as an income safety net for growers amid ongoing price volatility in the sector, according to the organization behind the standard. as of 1 january 2011, certified farmers are assured a minimum price of us$2300/metric tonne for their organic cocoa sold on fairtrade terms, or the market price if higher, said the fairtrade labelling organizations international (flo).
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ngos and human rights groups have accused hershey of sourcing cocoa from african farms that use forced and child labour in wide-ranging criticism of the us chocolate giant\'s record on corporate and social responsibility. a report from global exchange, green america, the international labor rights forum (ilrf) and oasis usa said yesterday (13 september) that hershey had not ensured its cocoa supplies from west africa were not from areas \"tainted\" by labour rights abuses.
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cargill has announced a three-year us$5 million commitment to support sustainable cocoa in côte d’ivoire and ghana, including a partnership with care to sponsor a new program of activities to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their families in ghana and côte d’ivoire. cocoa is the largest industry and main export in the côte d’ivoire, with almost a quarter of its inhabitants somehow involved in the cocoa trade, and is inextricably linked to the country’s fragile political landscape.
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the partnership with care will improve access to education and basic services, promote better agricultural practices and help address the worst forms of child labor in cocoa growing communities. cargill\'s commitment also will expand its farmer field schools program. this program is currently training over 10,000 farmers and will expand to support tens of thousands of more farmers over the coming years.
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pod-to-pallet chocolate supplier barry callebaut has finally exited the consumer business as the belgium base sweets products buys its stollwerck division, in a deal announced today. the two companies did not disclose the financial details of the transaction, which is subject to assessment by european compeititon regulators. spokesperson for sweet products, jean-marie van logtestijn, told confectionerynews.
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