'A higher purpose' - Cordillera Chocolates launches new sustainability initiative for female cocoa farmers in Colombia
The importance to the cocoa sector of female farmers has been increasingly recognised in the past decade with the introduction of specific support for female-led Fairtrade cooperatives in West Africa, along with initiatives from other actors in different regions of the cocoa-growing world. Last month ConfectioneryNews attended the launch of 'ATENEA' a new and ambitious programme to support the long-term transformation of female cocoa farmers in Colombia.
Source: confectionerynews.com