date:Jun 22, 2012
t practice and distributing disease-tolerant trees to renew 1,000 hectares of farmland.
Increase supply from Mexico
Jeff Beckman, head of corporate communications at Hershey, told ConfectioneryNews.com:It is the early days for this 10-year project, but our desire is to increase our sourcing in Mexico as the cocoa yields improve there.
Mexico is already an important producer in the region. We believe this program will help expand this position.
Simply reducing incidence of the disease[Monili