International Cocoa Organization

Cocoa Quality Improvement

• Supply chain management for total quality control: pilot phase Read More
• Cocoa productivity and quality improvement: a participatory approach Read More
• Preventing and managing the global spread of cocoa pests and pathogens: Lessons from the witches' broom disease of cocoa Read More
• The use of molecular biology techniques in a search for varieties resistant to Witches’ Broom disease of cocoa. Read More
• Host plant resistance for sustainable cocoa pod borer management Read More

Fine/Flavour Cocoa

• Cocoa germplasm utilization and conservation: a global approach Read More
• Study of the chemical, physical and organoleptic parameters to establish the difference between fine and bulk cocoa Read More

Cocoa Marketing and Trade

• Promotion of cocoa consumption in Japan Read More
• Pilot plants to process cocoa by-products in Ghana Read More
• Improvement of cocoa marketing and trade in liberalizing cocoa producing countries Read More
• Feasibility study on the generic promotion of cocoa consumption in the Russian Federation. Read More
• Analysis of the value chain in cocoa producing countries
• Capacity building programme on pesticides, residues and other harmful substances in cocoa in Africa Read More
• Feasibility study on opportunities in organic cocoa production in Africa Read More
• Cocoa of Excellence: promoting high quality cocoa origins Read More
• Feasibility Study for the Development of a Commodity Exchange in Cameroon Read More

Price Risk Management

• Pilot Project on Price risk management for cocoa farmers Read More
• Capacity Building on Price Risk Management Strategy for Cocoa Smallholder Farmers in Africa Read More

Pest and Pathogens

• SPS capacity building in Africa to mitigate the harmful effects of pesticide residues in cocoa and to maintain market access Read More
• "CocoaSafe": Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing in SPS and Food Safety in Cocoa in South East Asia Read More
• Integrated Management of Cocoa Pests and Pathogens ReadMore