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Nigeria and Cameroon want to join CIGCI

Nigeria and Cameroon have expressed their interest in joining the Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) at the third steering committee meeting.

Ivory Coast project update

In Soubré, the Ivory Coast, Earthworm Foundation is involved in a project working with rural communities to develop income-generating activities.
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West Africa braces for tough cocoa regulations

New EU regulation on deforestation that could hurt their cocoa exports; Ghana and Ivory Coast together account for over 60% of global cocoa bean production
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Ivory Coast and Ghana raise cocoa premium

Ivory Coast and Ghana said that they will be raising the premium that chocolate makers and traders pay for their beans as they clamp down on poverty
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Agbo 2 Forest reforestation initiative

Côte d’Ivoire’s Agbo 2 Forest is home hundreds of plant species. Barry Callebaut joined forces with partners to commence a reforestation initiative

Child-slavery lawsuit dismissed

A long-standing child-slavery lawsuit involving cocoa supply chains in Ivory Coast cocoa farms was dismissed by a federal judge in Washington D.C. on Tuesday June 28.
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