KRAFT CALLS ON INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO BOOST COCOA PRODUCTION
June 1st, 2011
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
A senior executive at Kraft-owned Cadbury India is encouraging the Indian government to develop a comprehensive cocoa production development policy, claiming domestic supplies are too poor and scant to fuel its growing needs. Atul Bhatia, Cadbury India's executive director for research and innovation stressed in an interview with just-food that while cocoa is an essential part of his company's business, imports are often essential. This is because production is not widespread - it is not a native crop - and existing processing generally ...
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