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The world’s two largest Cocoa producers, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, have noted some progress in their ongoing efforts to secure fair payment for their Cocoa farmers. The West African countries recently announced that they will no longer sell their Cocoa to buyers at such low prices while their farmers struggle to earn a living wage. […]

Premium Belgian chocolate brand Guylian has confirmed it will partner with Fairtrade America, which the company says marks a step towards more ethical trade for the company. The new deal will see the chocolate company use 100% Fairtrade Cocoa in its US confectionery lines, with the new products clearly labelled as Fairtrade to distinguish them.

During Ghana’s two-day SEND Conference on Living Income and Human Rights in the Ghanaian Cocoa sector, the Member of Parliament for Abirem in the Eastern Region, Hon. John Osei Frimpong, called on Cocoa farmers not to sell their farms to illegal miners. He assured that the government is working to improve the living standards of

From 9 to 10 November 2022, SEND Ghana hosted a two-day conference inviting key stakeholders in the Cocoa sector to discuss the current issues of income and human rights in the Ghanaian Cocoa sector. SEND GHANA was established on August 4, 1998, under the name ‘Social Enterprise Development Foundation of West Africa.’ The organisation has

The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC), the Cocoa regulator in Côte d’Ivoire, has set a deadline of 20 November 2022 for Cocoa buyers to include the Living Income Differential (LID) in their new prices. The LID is $400 per tonne of Cocoa and applies to all contracts sold by both Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Cocoa

The annual partnership meeting of the World Cocoa Foundation, held in Brussels, recently came to an end. The two-day event discussed how to improve supply chains. A particular focus was on sustainability and working with farmers to enable them to earn a living wage This year, for the first time in three years, the meeting

Dutch chocolate maker Tony’s Chocolonely has announced that it will increase the premium it pays to Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The move comes at a time when the West African Cocoa sector is suffering from falling commodity prices, a more than 50% increase in fertiliser costs and a rise in the cost

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the Food for Progress project, which will provide $22 million in agricultural assistance to Cocoa farmers in six states in southern Nigeria. So far, about 68,000 Cocoa farmers from Osun, Ekiti, Abia, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Ondo States are expected to benefit from the project.