date:Jan 02, 2014
citizenship. Mars has been producing cocoa powder and cocoa butter in Indonesia, the worlds third largest supplier of cocoa, since 1996 and has marketed its confectionery and petfood products in Indonesia since the 1980s. It now directly employs 500 Indonesians and works with about 2,000 smallholder cocoa farmers.
Specifically, Mars is being recognised for introducing technology and skills to thousands of small farmers to increase their cocoa yields and income.
Mars says that it focuses on