Noble Group / Nestlé / Starbucks Coffee Company / Ecom-Agrocacao / Cargill / Barry Callebaut / Blommer Chocolate Company / Armajaro / Mars Incorporated / Costco / the Hershey Company / Bill / Archer Daniels Midland Company / Kraft Foods / Olam International Ltd. / Cocoa Trade Farmers Middlemen Governments Consumers Retailers / /
Country
Ecuador / Indonesia / Malaysia / Singapore / Ghana / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Business Partnership / M&A / /
Facility
Union City facility / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)/Sustainable Tree Crops Program / /
IndustryTerm
supply chain / transportation / end buyer / chemical inputs / basic infrastructure / certification infrastructure / cocoa supply chain / farm management / value chain / food / energy / sustainable cocoa supply chain / insufficient infrastructure / pest management / local buying network / cocoa processors / extension services / helpful tool / /
Organization
World Cocoa Foundation / Alliance of Farmers / Olam and Blommer / Melinda Gates Foundation / United States Agency for International Development / German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture / Cocoa Merchants Association of America / Success Alliance / Ivorian Government / Amarta Sulawesi Kakao Alliance / Sulawesi Alliance of Farmers / /
Person
Peter Blommer Blommer / Houphouet Boigny / /
Position
collector / President / farmer / president and chief operating officer / producer / local collector / chief operating officer / representative / plant manager / /
A Collaborative Approach to Cocoa Sustainability The supply threat is real. Aggregation of farmers remains the single biggest challenge to overcome. Peter Blommer Blommer Chocolate Company