Poverty

- COVID-19 endangers agriculture in countries like Ghana with potentially disastrous knock-on effects for both producers and consumers. - Ghana is also showing what governments can do to support their farmers during this time to prevent a…
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The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has at the launch of its new cocoa advocacy initiative trumpeted the urgent need for the Ghana Cocoa Board to with immediate effect operationalise a welfare fund…
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Scores of cocoa-growing communities in the Sefwi Akontombra District of the Western North region of Ghana are in dire need of basic life necessities, most especially potable water supply. Communities like Krobomanhyia, Akwasiaha, Aboduam,…
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In my previous article on how much Cocoa Farmers earn and why we need to announce a Cocoa Emergency, we realised that household members of cocoa farmers individually lived on a daily income as low as US$0.17 / day when cultivating a…
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BDSI calls for measures ensuring living income payments directly reach cocoa farmers
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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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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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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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