Entry: Bill Guyton
Dear World Cocoa Foundation Members and Partners,
We are pleased to share some good news! Tracey Duffey, World Cocoa Foundation Program Director for Southeast Asia and Africa, has received the prestigious Pennsylvania Manufacturing Confectioners’ Association (PMCA) Marie Kelso Memorial Award. For those of you who may not be familiar with PMCA, it is an international trade association of confectionery manufacturers and companies, located in Pennsylvania. PMCA has a three-fold mission to provide an open forum for the free exchange of information; to promote and direct basic and applied scientific research; and to train confectionery technical personnel worldwide. Each year, the organization holds a Production Conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania which is attended by hundreds of industry members from around the world. Tracey's presentation entitled "Managing Pest and Disease Pressures - Cocoa Farmers Perspective” at the PMCA’s 63rd Annual Production Conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania was well-received by the audience. We are delighted that PMCA has recognized Tracey for this honor and also thank Virginia Sopyla from WCF who helped in the writing of the technical paper.
Comments (4)
Tracey,
Congratulations on the award. It is most deserved for your work. I hope to see you out in Asia again sometime soon. I'm still based in Jakarta.
Posted by Ross Jaax | July 29, 2009 5:07 AM
Posted on July 29, 2009 05:07
I think cocoa is very important food crop which must be well educated through the media for the all world to learn about.planting of more cocoa tree will brink alot of money to the country and not only money but food...much more food.In Ghana our cocoa farmer muct be well paid in order to mutivate them in doing thier works well.
Posted by David Amiglo | July 29, 2009 7:24 AM
Posted on July 29, 2009 07:24
Congratulations, i think the award comes after serious work. In this light, i am saying that you should not give it up continue in the same spirit so that more awards will come. But remember, credibility should always be given to the cocoa farmers because without them no meaningful work can be achieved.
Posted by bechemanyor njock ebini | August 2, 2009 11:21 AM
Posted on August 2, 2009 11:21
Sorry, i was late to give congratulation, but i think you don't mind if i get a chance to speak about your pretigious Award in PMCA. it's wonderful for your career because of your work hard in cocoa. once again, Congratulation! from your Fellow 'junaid'
Posted by junaid | August 26, 2009 2:04 AM
Posted on August 26, 2009 02:04