{"id":753191,"date":"2019-11-27T14:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/cargill-invests-16-4m-in-cocoa-sector\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:50:58","slug":"cargill-invests-16-4m-in-cocoa-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/cargill-invests-16-4m-in-cocoa-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargill Invests $16.4m In Cocoa Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Vice President Dr Bawumia shakes hands with Mr David MacLennan as US Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan looks on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CARGILL HAS announced a US$13 million investment in the expansion of its cocoa processing site in\u00a0Tema, Ghana, to increase production capacity by 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Cargill has also committed US$3.4 million to Ghanaian community sustainability programmes and cocoa traceability efforts.<\/p>\n<p>These programmes are billed to enhance the safety and wellbeing of children and families in cocoa farming areas as well as provide a more transparent, traceable cocoa supply chain for customers and consumers,<\/p>\n<p>Cargill Chief Executive, David MacLennan, who disclosed these, was speaking at a dinner hosted by the U.S Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, in his honour as part of activities marking his industrial visit to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was the special guest.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. MacLennan, who was in Ghana with a team of top Cargill executives, said the visit was to afford Cargill the opportunity to deepen its relationship with the Ghana\u2019s government and stakeholders of the cocoa industry as well as inspect and announce new investments in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He also visited the Cargill cocoa processing site where Mr. MacLennan laid the first stone to symbolize the expansion works and the Akodzo Basic School in Tema, one of the educational projects under the <em>Cargill Cocoa Promise<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on this new project, Managing Director of Cargill\u2019s cocoa and chocolate business in Ghana, Aedo van der Weij, says the company wants to meet customer demand as well as continuously work with the government and other key stakeholders to create economic opportunities and build sustainable local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that Cargill\u2019s investment of US$3.4 million\u00a0over the next three years\u00a0in Ghana\u2019s community projects and supply chain traceability has a focus on creating stronger, more resilient cocoa farming communities.\u00a0These projects are part of the <em>Cargill Cocoa Promise<\/em>: the company\u2019s corporate commitment to improving the lives of cocoa farmers and their communities. It will also involve the building of six new schools as well as the implementation of a Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System\u00a0(CLMRS) with\u00a0the\u00a0International Cocoa Initiative\u00a0(ICI) to include\u00a08,000 farmers and their families<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is exactly what we are looking for with our economic programme; to have more private sector players expand industrialization efforts and create jobs for our youth\u201d Dr Bawumia said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Dr Bawumia shakes hands with Mr David MacLennan as US Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan looks on. CARGILL HAS announced a US$13 million investment in the expansion of its cocoa processing site in\u00a0Tema, Ghana, to increase production capacity by 20%. 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