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The FCC

Cocoa Community

Associations & Organisations

Cocoa Association of Asia

http://www.cocoaasia.org

Cocoa Merchants' Association of America (CMAA)

http://www.cocoamerchants.com

Chocolate Manufacturers Association, USA (CMA)

http://www.candyusa.com/

National Confectioners Association, USA (NCA)

http://www.candyusa.com/

Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Alliance (BCCCA) (now part of the UK Food and Drink Federation)

http://www.fdf.org.uk/home.aspx

European Cocoa Association

https://www.eurococoa.com/en/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

http://www.fao.org

Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)

http://www.common-fund.org

International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)

http://www.intracen.org

Indonesia Cocoa Association (ASKINDO)

http://www.askindo.or.id/

Malaysian Cocoa Board

https://www.koko.gov.my/doc/en/ 

Ghana Cocoa Board

http://www.cocobod.gh/

National Association of Exporters of Cocoa, Ecuador

http://www.anecacao.com

Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC), Brazil

https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/ceplac 

DEFRA (Department for Environment,Food & Rural Affairs

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Alliance of Cocoa Producing Countries (COPAL)

Danish International Development Agency

https://um.dk/en/danida 

The International Cocoa Intiative (ICI)

http://www.cocoainitiative.org/

CAOBISCO

http://caobisco.eu/

Trading and Prices

ICE Futures

https://www.theice.com/index?

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); Incoterms

https://www.iccwbo.org/

Research and Pest Management

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) - Specialists in agricultural research in tropical regions

http://www.cirad.fr

American Cocoa Research Institute (ACRI)

Cocoa Research UK

https://cocoaresearch.org.uk 

Tropical Agricultural Research & Development Centre, Costa Rica

http://www.catie.ac.cr

International Cocoa Germplasm Database

http://www.icgd.reading.ac.uk

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

http://www.iita.org/

University of the West Indies, Cocoa Research Unit (Trinidad & Tobago)

http://cocoacentre.com

Cabi International

http://www.cabi.org/

ITAL

http://www.ital.sp.gov.br/

Bioversity International (former IPGRI and INIBAP)

http://www.bioversityinternational.org/

International Cocoa Germplasm Database University of Reading (ICGD)

http://www.icgd.rdg.ac.uk/

CEPLAC

International Center for Development Orientated Research in Agriculture (ICRA)

LMC Ltd

Natural Resources Institute (University of Greenwich)

http://www.nri.org/

Purdue University Indiaa Center for New Crops and Plant Products

https://ag.purdue.edu/hla/Pages/default.aspx

Global network for cocoa genetic resources

http://www.cacaonet.org/

UK Chocolate & Cocoa Industry (research)

http://cocoaresearch.org.uk/index.php

Cocoa SPS

The International Pesticide Application Research Consortium (IPARC)

CABI Commodities

http://www.cabi-commodities.org/

Sustainability and Environment

Department for International Development (DFID)

http://www.dfid.gov.uk

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org

World Trade Organization

http://www.wto.org

ACDI/VOCA

http://www.acdivoca.org/site/id/home

Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)

http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/

GIZ

http://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html

SOCODEVI

http://www.socodevi.org/en/

Swiss Contact

http://www.swisscontact.ch/english/pages/HO/HO.php

TechnoServe

http://www.technoserve.org/

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

Sustainable Tree Crops Programme

http://www.iita.org/web/stcp

Other useful information

Coffee & Cocoa International (magazine)

Choco Club, France

http://www.choco-club.com

Chocolate Information Centre

Chocolate Society

http://www.chocolate.co.uk

List of Key Websites for Global Shipping

http://logisticsdegree.net/global-shipping/

Standard & Poors Insurance Cos. Ratings

http://www.standardandpoors.com

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