Mars trains African cocoa farmers




Family-owned candy company Mars Inc. is working with several groups to provide Afircan cocoa farmers with training and technical assistance in an effort to double their production to eliminate a “cocoa deficit” projected for 2020,

the

Financial Times

reported.

Cocoa demand is rising as supply is falling because land is being used for other crops or being developed, according to the report.

Mars has made a commitment to purchase only certified sustainable cocoa by 2020. Next year, 25% of the cocoa it buys will be certified, the

FT

article said. (Source:

Financial Times,

May 31, 2012.)

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