The new project launched between International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have will focus on two raw materials critical to the livelihoods of small-scale producers: cocoa and palm oil IFAD), Mars Incorporated and World Agroforestry have agreed to collaborate on a five-year research-in-development project, Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asian Landscapes (SFITAL) to explore environmentally sustainable ways to link… Continue reading Mars Chocolate invests in Sustainable Cocoa and Palm Oil Research
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Can upscale chocolate turn the tide on Haiti’s devastating deforestation?
Meg Wilcox With 98 percent of their trees gone, Haitians eye cocoa-based agroforestry as a way to combat poverty and renew the land When a tiny Quebec chocolate maker won a gold prize at this year’s premier International Chocolate Awards for a bar made with Haitian cocoa beans, it rocked the specialty chocolate world. The… Continue reading Can upscale chocolate turn the tide on Haiti’s devastating deforestation?