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ABIREM MP URGES FARMERS NOT TO SELL LAND TO ILLEGAL MINERS

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 …

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COCOA ARRIVALS DOWN AT CÔTE D’IVOIRE PORT AS DOCK WORKERS STRIKE CONCLUDES

Dock workers at San Pedro, one of Côte d’Ivoire’s two main ports, had stopped work in an ongoing strike from 31 October to 6 November after dockworkers refused to unload trucks which left exporters unable to transport Cocoa. According to Amidou Sylla, one of the strike leaders, the port workers fully resumed work on Monday. …

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SEND GHANA CONCLUDES TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON LIVING INCOME & HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

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 …

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DOCK WORKERS STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE WHILE EXPORTERS CAN’T AGREE NEW OFFER

Dock workers at the port of San Pedro in Côte d’Ivoire went on strike last week, in advance of one of the busiest times of the year, when the main harvest will need to be offloaded from the trucks. The workers, who work in difficult conditions carrying heavy bags of cocoa, currently earn 30 CFA …

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JUDGE SIDES WITH MONDELEZ OVER CACAO CHOCOLATE CLAIM

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Mondelez International, Inc. over chocolate labelling. He ruled that a reasonable consumer would not assume that the chocolate contains unprocessed cacao. The consumer protection lawsuit was filed in February. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff. C.K. Lee had purchased Green & Black chocolate based on the front …

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GHANA’S MINISTRY OF GENDER, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL PROTECTION HOSTS TRAINING FOR COOPERATIVES

The Human Trafficking Secretariat of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) conducted a two-day capacity-building training for Ghanaian cocoa cooperatives. The training was conducted in collaboration with the European Union (EU), Expertise France and the leadership of the Department of Cooperatives, and was held at the Credit Unions Training Centre in Kasoa. …

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CÔTE D’IVOIRE WELCOMES ‘TEAM EUROPE’ FUNDING FOR COCOA SUSTAINABILITY

The West African government has confirmed that the EU will provide €450 million ($450.02m) to support Côte d’Ivoire’s Cocoa sector. The support money is expected to help address sustainability issues in the country’s Cocoa sector, particularly deforestation and child labour. The Team Europe initiative was launched last month after a meeting between the European Union …

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CÔTE D’IVOIRE GIVES COCOA BUYERS UNTIL 20 NOVEMBER TO FACTOR LID IN PRICES

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 …

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RESPONSIBLE SOURCING AND SUSTAINABLE SOURCING: KEY DIFFERENCES

Brief synopsis: In their simplest forms, Responsible Sourcing requires meeting or complying with accepted levels of ethical or responsible practices in areas such as human rights or pollution, whereas Sustainable Sourcing goes beyond compliance to engage and improve the conditions of sustainability that can include areas such as dignified livelihoods or climate-smart practices. Responsible Sourcing …

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WHO BENEFITS FROM KOA’S TRANSPARENCY SYSTEM? THE COCOA FARMER, KOA OR KOA’S COLLABORATORS?

The Assessment of KOA’s Transparency system continuous The other issue revealed is how Koa gains and the farmer loses out on the currency depreciation: As noted in Graph 1 (part 1), The Ghana Cedi depreciated/US$ appreciated by 55%. This means the income earned by farmers from Koa lost 55% of its value in just a …

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