Cocoa

Cameroon Sends Pesticides to South as Cocoa Caterpillars Spread – Bloomberg

Cameroon, Africa’s fourth-biggest cocoa producer, began sending pesticides to areas affected by a spreading caterpillar outbreak, said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Essimi Menye. Mbom Yekombo and Meyomessala in southern Cameroon …

Cameroon: Easter – Between Religion and Celebration – AllAfrica.com

It’s a busy period for stores too, with people rushing in to buy various gifts, chocolate, eggs, clothes … the Executive Secretary of the Council of Protestant Churches of Cameroon (CEPCA), has a more moderate view. “The festivities must come … Continue reading

Cameroon Cocoa Grinder Bought 58% More Beans in February – Businessweek

Cocoa purchases by a major bean grinder in Cameroon rose 58 percent in February, the seventh month of the 2011-12 season, the Cocoa and Coffee Board and the Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Board said in a joint report. Sic-Cacao bought … Continue reading

Cameroon Cocoa Exports More Than Triple in February, Boards Say – Businessweek

Exports of cocoa from Cameroon, Africa’s fourth-largest producer of the crop, more than tripled in February, the seventh month of the season, according to a report from the Cocoa and Coffee Board and the Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Board.

Cameroon: Agricultural Research – Over fcfa 1.1 Billion for 2012 – AllAfrica.com

According to the National Coordinator of NAERP, Mbili Olome Jean Pierre, the programme is working with 15,000 villages from all 10 Regions of Cameroon and has assisted … of upgraded seeds like banana, corn, cocoa, and coffee amongst others to … Continue reading

Cameroon Cocoa Grinder Bought 58% More Beans in February – Bloomberg

Cocoa purchases by a major bean grinder in Cameroon rose 58 percent in February, the seventh month of the 2011-12 season, the Cocoa and Coffee Board and the Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Board said in a joint report. Sic-Cacao bought … Continue reading

Chocolate with a clear conscience (the best flavor!) – Examiner

Fair Trade cocoa is grown in Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, Cote D’Ivoire, Nicaragua, and Peru.”

New York: Tucking into the Big Apple – Independent

melt- in-the-mouth fillet steak and a sinful chocolate dessert. After the meal and a movie, I closed my eyes, fell fast asleep and arrived at JFK, quite refreshed. As I’ve been to all three in the past 12 months, I … Continue reading

Evelyn Masaiti finally marries her man – New Zimbabwe.com

Cameroon has plantains and cocoa, for instance, which Zimbabwe does not have, he told Studio 7’s Violet Gonda. “It is out of love (the marriage), and when I even compare my country with Zimbabwe, really my country is a very … Continue reading

Cameroon Cocoa Farmgate Price Increase 0.3% in Week to March 27 – Bloomberg

Cameroon’s average national farmgate cocoa price rose 0.3 percent to 1,092 CFA francs a kilogram (2.2 pounds) in the week to March 27 compared with a year earlier, according to Bloomberg calculations based on data provided in a telephone text … Continue reading