In a survey conducted by Oxfam, more than 400 cocoa farmers in Ghana revealed that their net incomes dropped by an average of 16 percent since 2020, with women experiencing a staggering income decline of nearly 22 percent. Amidst soaring profits, the world’s largest chocolate corporations are failing to provide fair prices to cocoa farmers… Continue reading Chocolate Giants Rake in Profits as Promises to Improve Farmers’ Incomes in Ghana Fall Short
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Can upscale chocolate turn the tide on Haiti’s devastating deforestation?
Meg Wilcox With 98 percent of their trees gone, Haitians eye cocoa-based agroforestry as a way to combat poverty and renew the land When a tiny Quebec chocolate maker won a gold prize at this year’s premier International Chocolate Awards for a bar made with Haitian cocoa beans, it rocked the specialty chocolate world. The… Continue reading Can upscale chocolate turn the tide on Haiti’s devastating deforestation?