date:May 29, 2019
t to present the first outcomes of their collaboration in early 2020.
Last June, Barry Callebaut and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) signed a letter of intent (LoI) to strengthen their cooperation on sustainable cocoa farming initiatives.
Under the LoI, the two entities agreed to collaborate, design and validate a sustainable cocoa farming model, with particular focus on clearing and replanting cocoa trees infected with the swollen-shoot virus (CSSV) disease.