Sustainability

BDSI calls for measures ensuring living income payments directly reach cocoa farmers
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The Chairman of Assiman Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative and Marketing Union Limited (AMCUFL), Theophilus Tamakloe, says cocoa sector Certification Schemes have shown limited impact on addressing livelihood issues, as farmers remain in poverty.…
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Samuel has been a cocoa farmer for 12 years. Since the end of the Akuafo cheque system, he had always been paid in cash for his cocoa, until last season. That was when the licensed buying company (LBC) that he sells to introduced a new…
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The Rainforest Alliance has announced the unveiling of a new sustainability certification program. The international non-organisation sustainability organisation said the redefined program comes with more robust criteria, measurement, and…
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The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of children identified as carrying out hazardous work on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast. Data from the cocoa sector child labour monitoring organisation…
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A software for purchasing and monitoring cocoa electronically is set to drive the cash-lite agenda for financial inclusion in the country. Popularly called CocoaAsempa, the software has enhanced financial intermediation and inclusion…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Tuesday unveiled the $600-million cocoa syndicated loan facility to revamp the West African country's cocoa sector. The COCOBOD loan was pooled by a consortium of development finance institutions namely the…
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Cocoblock, a digital solution developed by French NGO Nitidae, has demonstrated blockchain technology can contribute to better traceability of cocoa production in Ivory Coast. Cocoblock blockchain, which according to Nitidae, was developed…
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A landmark agreement on land-lease in Ghana's leading cocoa producing hub is praised as significant in increasing national production output. A protracted land dispute had meant about 614,000 hectares of smallholder cocoa farms lacked…
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ILO Conventions No. 138 on the minimum age for employment and Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour have been ratified by Ghana as part of activities marking the 2020 World Day against Child Labour. Ghana's ratification of…
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