Cocoa Poverty

Abstract The millions of farm workers in the Global South are an important resource for smallholder producers. However, research on their labour organisation is limited. This article focuses on smallholder farm workers in Ghana’s…
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Galamsey - the illegal mining of gold and other precious minerals - has become a severe environmental and social issue in many cocoa farming communities across the country. The unregulated mining activities have not only caused vast…
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"Cocoa farming is very hard work but only rewards you with poverty," 32-year-old cocoa farmer, Uriah Nkrumah declared with vigour. Nkrumah was explaining the reason many of Ghana's youth are abandoning the once esteemed occupation of…
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Koa, a Ghanaian-Swiss startup, says it has achieved a breakthrough payment transparency system using blockchain technology that proves payments and higher income for cocoa farmers. The transparency system, which is a product of…
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When Abidjan and Accra joined forces to create cocoa’s OPEC, also referred to as COPEC, they were looking to change the power balance in the cocoa sector. But the economic downturn had other plans. The marketing year for the 2020/21…
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After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labour and deforestation. The 2020 Cocoa Barometer report published this week is a rallying call…
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"To set the context right, the Cocoa-Chocolate industry is worth US$131bn yet when you break it down, the smallholder cocoa farmers who own est. 4,500,000 cocoa farms in the world with over 36,000,000 dependents are given only 6% to 6.6% of…
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Cocoa is of critical importance to the Ghanaian economy, hence the effects of low income with farmers isn’t just seen as a threat to their livelihoods but also a threat to the economy. So, the objective of protecting the economy and the…
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For the past decades, we have seen acclaimed sustainable certification organisations, telling the whole world that there is the need to fight for fairer trade for farmers across the Globe. One of such certifications is Fairtrade, who have…
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