Cocoa

Cameroon secures $107 mln loans for hydro project – Reuters

Cameroon is the region’s biggest economy and the world’s fifth-largest cocoa producer, but its economic growth, seen at 5.5 percent this year, has underperformed regional peers due to its lack of infrastructure, analysts have said. The …

Austria rival told to hop off in Lindt bunny battle – Calgary Herald

VIENNA — An Austrian chocolate company has to stop making Easter bunnies that look like those made by Switzerland’s Lindt & Spruengli, a court has ruled after an eight-year legal battle. Family-owned Hauswirth will now seek ways to change the … Continue reading

Cameroon’s Average Cocoa Export Price Climbed 0.6% Last Week – Businessweek

Cameroon’s average cocoa export price at the main port of Douala rose 0.6 percent to 1,078 CFA francs per kilogram (2.2 pounds) in the week to March 19, according to Bloomberg calculation from daily data sent by the Cocoa and … Continue reading

Cameroon’s Average Cocoa Export Price Climbed 0.6% Last Week – Bloomberg

Cameroon’s average cocoa export price at the main port of Douala rose 0.6 percent to 1,078 CFA francs per kilogram (2.2 pounds) in the week to March 19, according to Bloomberg calculation from daily data sent by the Cocoa and … Continue reading

USA continues to hold slender edge over Germany in FIFA Women’s Rankings – The sport campus

For Cameroon, Scotland (21st, up 1), Costa Rica (40th, up 1) and Wales (45th, up 1), these points totals also equate to their highest-ever positions. The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 1 June 2012.

US$14m package for cocoa farmers in Africa – GhanaHomePage

is expected to use the US$14 million to complement locally grown cocoa support mechanisms in Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and Cote d’ Ivoire to increase and improve the crop‘s yield in the coming years. The initiative is at the instance of … Continue reading

Little movement in top ten of FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking despite high number of games – boxscorenews.com

For Cameroon, Scotland (21st, up 1), Costa Rica (40th, up 1) and Wales (45th, up 1), these points totals also equate to their highest-ever positions. The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 1 June 2012.

ittle movement in top ten of FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking despite high number of games – boxscorenews.com

For Cameroon, Scotland (21st, up 1), Costa Rica (40th, up 1) and Wales (45th, up 1), these points totals also equate to their highest-ever positions. The next FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking will be published on 1 June 2012.

Cocoa Rally Fading as African Rains Erase Shortage: Commodities – Bloomberg

Cocoa output rose 15 percent to 3.96 million tons since … Prices have swung from $1,396 to $3,775 since 2006. Cameroon, the fifth-biggest supplier, may produce 20 percent less this year because of black pod fungal disease and insect …

Barry Callebaut accelerates drive towards sustainable cocoa with launch of CHF 40 million global initiative – Market Wire

Barry Callebaut will focus first on large producer countries including Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Indonesia, Cameroon and Brazil, and aims to expand the initiative, called Cocoa Horizons, to other cocoa producing countries with high development potential over …