November 11/Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire/PRNewswire -- Cargill's cocoa and chocolate business has agreed to a memorandum of understanding that underlines its continued support for Ivorian cocoa farmers and the development of the country's cocoa sector.
Cargill will invest $3.25 million to develop and expand its farmer training program and support activities to enable cooperatives to obtain independent UTZ and Rain Forest Alliance certification. This includes a partnership with ANADER, Cote d'Ivoire's national rural development agency, to support farmer training activities and the distribution of 600,000 cocoa tree seedlings to participating cooperatives to help improve and renew existing cocoa farms.