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Recent data released by Trase, a supply chain mapping solutions provider, concluded that current traceability measures in Cocoa supply chains are not effective in stopping deforestation. The data shows that between 2000 and 2019, Cocoa farming alone consumed 2.4 million ha of forest in Côte d’Ivoire – an area comparable to the size of Rwanda. […]

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.

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

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

Mondelez has announced plans to invest an additional $600 million in its Cocoa Life programme by 2030. This makes the company the latest to step up its efforts to improve the lives of Cocoa farmers and reduce the risk of child labour in supply chains The news came just before the World Cocoa Foundation’s annual