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... cargill’s drive to secure a good quality and sustainable supply of cocoa beans is filtering down to famers in cote d'ivoire as it has just made premium payments totalling more than us $2 ... the cash boost is the second of its annual sustainable certified cocoa premiums that are being made to 26,500 farmers across 21 cooperatives in cote d'ivoire ... it was made for the delivery of 20,000 tonnes of utz certified and rainforest alliance cocoa between october 2010 and may 2011 ... 2m figure was not the amount paid for the cocoa, which was not divulged, but an additional amount on top of that – more than 50 per cent of which goes directly to farmers ... harold poelma, managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate, said: “the premiums are a clear indication that farmers are adopting more sustainable practices and that the availability of sustainable beans, and cocoa products, for our customers continues to grow ... “these premiums recognise the hard work undertaken by farmers and prove our commitment to sustainable cocoa production and improving incomes for farmers ... ” he added that cargill would continue to work closely with the farmer in order to reach its target of 100,000 tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans from cote d'ivoire by 2015 ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade-type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are increasingly called on by customers for clarity in the supply chain

... they also concluded that adopting a chocolate production strategy based on low batch dispersion, where the chocolate manufacturer avoids mixing different batches of cocoa beans, would help lead to reduced exposure to contamination and subsequent product recalls ... the research was based on simulation models and interviews with key staff at two chocolate manufacturers and a cocoa trading company ... mixed batches of cocoa beans are use in the method ... the basic system involved a “one step back-one step forward approach” where the finished chocolate product is traceable from the supermarket, to the chocolate manufacturer and the cocoa exporter ... one of the other systems ts+ is an extension of tso where the local buying stations mark all cocoa bags with a unique code and the buying date ... ts++ extends from ts+ in that the cocoa farmers, when packing the cocoa beans, mark all bags with unique codes and date ... in this case the finished chocolate is traceable up to the individual cocoa farmer

... 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 ... com that sustainability is essential to ensuring the long term future of the country's cocoa industry ... "in indonesia, cocoa farming is the main source of income for more than 600,000 smallholder farmers and their families, most of whom are located on the island of sulawesi ... " serap, which provides training and financial incentives to help cocoa farmers implement sustainable farming practices, will involve the collaboration of the indonesian cocoa and coffee research institute (iccri), continued adm ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving more and more requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain ... the global commodities giant said that its confectioner customer base will gain through an additional source of certified sustainable cocoa products ... when asked about its five-year target for sustainable cocoa tonnage arising out of the programme in indonesia, the adm spokesperson said: "tonnages are always difficult to forecast as the programme roll-out depends on many different factors ... we do know that serap participants achieve generally a higher standard of cocoa bean quality due to all the support provided through the programme ... " bean quality an analysis of cocoa bean quality indicates that ivorian serap participants regularly produce better cocoa beans with lower moisture levels, said tje pod-to-pallet supplier

... 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 ... com the utz certification was an independent confirmation of the companies joint efforts to professionalise cocoa farmers through a recognised (commercial) public standard for cocoa sustainability ... “we are pleased that adm can now offer utz certified cocoa products, and are also confident that over the coming years, more and more growers in nigeria can enhance their farming practices, improve their livelihoods, and eventually achieve certification,” said scott walker, managing director, adm cocoa ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving more and more requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain

... 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 ... 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 ... “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”

... europe’s confectioners and biscuit makers admitted that a temporary ban of cocoa shipments from the region, the world’s largest cocoa exporter, has created “a very testing time” for the industry ... here we take a closer look at the cote d’ivoire cocoa market and its importance globally ... * côte d’ivoire, also known as the ivory coast, is the world’s largest producer of cocoa, with more than 800,000 small-scale farmers ... * west africa, collectively supplies around 72% of the world’s cocoa crop, but it is côte d’ivoire that leads production at around 1 ... côte d’ivoire overtook ghana as the world’s leading producer of cocoa beans in 1978 ... * the country is a major source of cocoa for major chocolate producers such as cadbury, hershey, and nestle, who buy ivorian cocoa futures and options through euronext whereby world prices are set ... * in terms of cocoa exports, cote d’ivoire accounts for the largest share in west africa with an estimated 37 ... 3%), according to ibsworld industry report - global cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery manufacturing ... * cocoa is a pillar of the cote d’ivoire economy, representing 15% of gdp and 35% of côte its export income - worth around us$1 ... around 1m cocoa farmers each produce an average of 1,300kg on 3ha of land and cocoa provides a livelihood for around 6m people, nearly a quarter of the population of 21m ... * côte d’ivoire’s crop levels have a huge influence on world cocoa prices - concerns about disruption to cocoa production and export during the civil war caused new york prices to soar to a 16-year high of $2,335/tonne in october 2002 ... * between 2005 and 2009, cocoa production averaged 1 ... * under pressure from the world bank and imf, côte d’ivoire liberalised its cocoa sector in 1999 ... * these agencies are funded by cocoa taxes but have come under criticism for a lack of transparency and overlap within their functions and failure to improve incomes for farmers, according to the fairtrade foundation

... 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) ... and organic cocoa growers will earn an additional us$200 in fairtrade premium to invest in business and community projects for every metric tonne (mt) of cocoa they sell, up from us$150/mt, added the flo ... “the fairtrade standards require that buyers pay cocoa farmers’ organizations at least the current market price ... in the current cocoa market the market price is relatively high ... with such a system in place, farmers are thus protected to earn at least a certain income off their cocoa crops, maintains the flo, adding that the fairtrade minimum price is higher for organic than non-organic cocoa to take into account higher production costs for organic production ... in october, the flo announced that it was raising the minimum price for conventional fairtrade cocoa to us$2000/mt at fob level, also effective from the start of the new year ... there are currently fairtrade cocoa producer organizations that are organic certified in the caribbean, central and south america including the dominican republic, belize, honduras, colombia, peru, ecuador and bolivia ... and the flo told this publication that fairtrade has been an important tool for cocoa farmers in latin america to convert to organic production ... “most cocoa producer organizations in latin america are now certified organic ... ” there are also two fairtrade and organic certified cocoa organizations in the ivory coast but in their case, said the flo, they had organic certification first and then sought the fairtrade backing

... 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) ... and organic cocoa growers will earn an additional us$200 in fairtrade premium to invest in business and community projects for every metric tonne (mt) of cocoa they sell, up from us$150/mt, added the flo ... “the fairtrade standards require that buyers pay cocoa farmers’ organizations at least the current market price ... in the current cocoa market the market price is relatively high ... with such a system in place, farmers are thus protected to earn at least a certain income off their cocoa crops, maintains the flo, adding that the fairtrade minimum price is higher for organic than non-organic cocoa to take into account higher production costs for organic production ... in october, the flo announced that it was raising the minimum price for conventional fairtrade cocoa to us$2000/mt at fob level, also effective from the start of the new year ... there are currently fairtrade cocoa producer organizations that are organic certified in the caribbean, central and south america including the dominican republic, belize, honduras, colombia, peru, ecuador and bolivia ... and the flo told this publication that fairtrade has been an important tool for cocoa farmers in latin america to convert to organic production

... , has pledged to buy fairtrade cocoa from west africa ... the company said it would use fairtrade cocoa that “prohibits the worst forms of child labour, ensures a fair and stable price and a fairtrade premium which is reinvested back into community projects” ... arnott’s did not respond to an immediate request for further comment but stephen knapp, executive director for local fairtrade organisation fairtrade australia new zealand, said the food manufacturer’s move was a “win” for cocoa farmers in west africa ... “fairtrade is excited to be taking this step with arnott’s, which demonstrates their commitment to making a difference in west africa by purchasing fairtrade certified cocoa and empowering cocoa producing farmers to build a better and brighter future for themselves, their families and communities,” knapp said ... “arnott’s sources 24% of its cocoa from ghana in west africa where there is widespread use of child labour in the cocoa industry ... as ceo of world vision i have visited the cocoa fields in west africa where kids use dangerous machetes and pesticides, work long hours and often don’t go to school,” world vision chief executive tim costello said late last week (28 october) ... “world vision understands that arnott’s has signed an agreement to source its west african cocoa until 2012 through fairtrade’s independent certification scheme

... there is enough volume of fairtrade cocoa available to supply more large brands switching product lines to fairtrade, according to the fairtrade labelling organizations international (flo) ... in addition, said a spokesperson for the flo, confectionery manufacturers can more easily secure large volumes of fairtrade cocoa by offering fairtrade cooperatives a long-term commitment and pre-financing ... "this helps fairtrade cooperatives to have the funds available to pay farmers immediately upon buying the cocoa from farmers, which builds trust between the cooperative and farmers and strengthens farmers’ commitment to sell their cocoa to the cooperative,” the flo spokesperson told confectionerynews ... it said that sales of fairtrade-certified sugar and cocoa saw the biggest sales increases last year, as several major confectionery manufacturers made commitments to source fairly traded ingredients, including cadbury dairy milk, nestlé’s kit kat, and green & black’s, as well as the ice cream maker ben & jerry’s ... fairtrade cocoa sales were up 35 per cent in 2009, while fairtrade sugar sales grew by 57 per cent ... speaking to this publication last year, a spokesperson for nestlé uk said it intended to continue to explore the role certification should play in its plans for other brands: “fairtrade certification of kit kat in the uk and ireland is one example of how individual markets intend to support nestlé’s global cocoa plan ... “the cocoa plan is not just about certification, though that it’s an important part, it’s about a collaborative approach to supporting farmers from the moment they plant a tree through to giving them a market for high quality beans,” added the spokesperson ... fairtrade premium increase meanwhile, last week the flo said that as of january 1 next year, cocoa farmers will earn us$200 in fairtrade premium to invest in business and community projects for every metric tonne (mt) of cocoa they sell, up from us$150/mt