The Cocoa Plan - The Cocoa Plan

President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, visits the Nestlé Research and Development Centre in Abidjan for an insight on Nestlé's commitment to sustainability in cocoa. Read More

Nestlé UK launches Fairtrade Kit Kat

7th December 2009

Nestlé UK has announced that Kit Kat, its leading confectionery brand and the UK’s favourite chocolate biscuit, will be certified Fairtrade in the UK and Ireland. Read More

The First Seeds Are Germinating

26th November 2009

Mr Jacques Lokou, 24 years old, is in charge of a nursery paid for by Nestlé in the north of the cocoa growing area of the Côte d'Ivoire. The seeds he planted 3 weeks ago are already germinating into promising plantlets. Read More

Nestlé and CNRA sign agreement to boost cocoa production

23rd October 2009

Nestlé and CNRA, the Ivorian National Centre for Plant Science Research, sign a frame agreement for cooperation in plant science and propagation, with a target of producing 1 million high quality, disease resistant cocoa plantlets a year by 2012. Read More

Ecuadorian Farmers trained to propagate trees

1st October 2009

Ecuadorian Farmers workshop to propagate Nacional Fine Cocoa trees Read More

Women’s Coop helped by Nestlé

22nd September 2009

Tothie Agathe Dowa is president of a co-op quite unusual in Cote d'Ivorie - it was set up by women for women. Read More

Partnering with Coops

21st September 2009

Coopan is a co-operative of 300 farmers in the far West of the Côte d’Ivoire. Nestle is partnering with them starting in 2009, offering premium prices for good quality cocoa produced at the co-op, and providing 20,000 trees free to the coop. Read More

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