Cocoa Barometer
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
African (General) British (General) West African (General)Transcript
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we own loved chocolate. Most of the chocolate is consumed in the North. Most of the cocoa is produced in the South, and only a few companies and governments make the calls. How can they make chocolate truly sustainable? What we see is a growth of cocoa production worldwide, especially in Africa. But this has a cost. Child labour and deforestation are widespread. This is driven by farmer poverty. Farmers are poor because of a combination ofthe small farm size, low productivity, high costs, no diversified income on low prices, leaving most of the farmers well below a living income. And, history tells says that prices have been going down for decades. So how can we change this? We need a system change, but we can't achieve this by looking at the problems themselves. We need to start from the roots and look at the necessary enabling environment. We need laws to ensure all the companies play fair. Farmers need to be involved in designing the solutions. We need to look at the whole landscape, not just individual farms, and for all this to happen, we need a lot more transparency and accountability. With the right enabling environment, we can achieve a living income for farmers and protect human right on the environment. Want to learn more? Go to www dot coco barometer dot Aug