Cargill celebrates five years in Ghana and renews its partnership with CARE

Cargill has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its cocoa processing operations in Ghana by reaffirming its support to growing and developing the country’s cocoa sector. As part of its continued commitment to sustainable cocoa through the Cargill Cocoa Promise, the company has announced the renewal of its partnership with CARE to support smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana.

“We are delighted to mark our fifth year in Ghana by renewing our partnership with CARE to improve farmers’ livelihoods and support the development of sustainable cocoa in Ghana”, said Jos de Loor, president of Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business. “Ghana has built its reputation throughout the world for its outstanding quality cocoa. Over the past five years we have been able to produce a diverse range of locally processed high quality cocoa products to meet the growing demand from our customers across the world and create value for the Ghanaian cocoa sector.”

Cargill’s USD 100 m state-of-the art processing plant is the largest of its kind in the country and processes Ghanaian cocoa beans to produce Cargill’s Gerkens® Ghana cocoa powders, which are made available to customers in 24 countries, including Japan, the United States, China, Switzerland and Germany. Cargill has announced the renewal of its partnership with CARE for an additional three-year period, with a commitment of over USD 800.000. The renewal is part of Cargill’s global partnership with CARE, and the Rural Education Project in Ghana is key to supporting the Cargill Cocoa Promise, the company’s global commitment to the development of a sustainable cocoa supply chain, With over 9,500 farmers already trained in Ghana to date, the Promise aims to reach over 20,000 farmers through dedicated farmer field schools by 2016.

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