This partnership will complement the program "Learning to grow food", has already been successfully applied by the Hershey company in Nigeria and Ghana - the largest cocoa producers in the world.

In accordance with a three-year program, approximately 10,000 farmers in seven agricultural cooperatives will be trained, which will help them to win the UTZ certificate. The UTZ certificate means sustainable farming and better opportunities for farmers, their families and our planet. The UTZ program allows farmers to explore methods of improving agriculture, to improve working conditions and to take the best care of their children and the environment. Using the UTZ program farmers improve crop quality, increase productivity and create better opportunities for the protection of the environment and natural resources of the planet.

The program "Learning to grow food" company Hershey really like environmentalists and farmers.

The recent partnership between Hershey and Cargill, Cocoalink, has significantly improved the lives of African farmers. Sponsored by the Hershey program has registered 45 000 Ghanaian farmers producing cocoa 1 800 cooperatives; to modernize their methods of agriculture farmers have gained access to 1.2 million free manuals in the local language. Within CocoaLink farmers for three years has increased the yield of 45.6%.

In fact, Cocoalink was the main factor due to which the company Hershey was recently included in the Dow Jones. Hershey is one of 13 companies in the food and tobacco industry in the global index. For the third year in a row Hershey include North American sustainability index and the second year at the world sustainability index the Dow Jones.

The inclusion of the Hershey company in the prestigious world index reflects significant progress in its global efforts on corporate social responsibility.

Recall, the company Cargill Inc recently announcedthat it intends to buy chocolate business of its competitor Archer Daniels Midland Co for $440 million plan to expand production capacity in North America.