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World cocoa prices fluctuate widely and have been well below production costs in the last decade. Though cocoa prices have shown moderate increases in the past few years, cocoa producers ...
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Valentines Day - the state of the world's cocoa producers who make chocolate. According to Global Exchange cocoa farms are home to widespread child labor and even child slavery ... the threat of Congressional action, North American and European manufacturers agreed to launch the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to address the problem of child labor by working with non-governmental ...
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Inclusive and sustainable business - Event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
It always comes down to competitiveness and sustainability/ scalability. One strategy for one group of producers is not necessarily going to be replicable. Technoserve seeks to establish which strategies are both ... Some studies have looked at the share of final retail prices which accrue to different cocoa producers around the world, which varies hugely. Some have also looked at the cost of getting ...
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Overseas Development Institute - Event: Production, markets and the future of smallholders: the role of cocoa in Ghana
Cocoa production in Ghana nearly doubled between 2001 and 2003 main crop seasons, contributing to productivity growth in the agricultural sector and considerable reduction in poverty among cocoa producers. How did this come about? The panel addresses the following questions: What is the role of the cocoa sector for economy-wide ...
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GREEN LIVING - Updated Daily!
Choose Fair Trade Chocolate This Valentine's Day, a Sweet Deal for Loved Ones and Cocoa Farmers AGENCY BAN TARGETS LEAD IN KIDS' JEWELRY A U.S. Regulatory Agency Has Taken ... Environmentally-Friendly Farms Paying Workers a Fair Wage FAIR TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT Indigenous Artisans and Producers Find Their Own Solutions to Environmental Problems DRY CLEANING HAZARDS The Health and Environmental Hazards ...
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Starbucks Fair Trade Campaign Home
South. Fair trade organizations (backed by consumers) are engaged actively in supporting producers, awareness raising and in campaigning for ... that they source more Fair Trade coffee. 6. Fair Trade is more than coffee and cocoa. Many products are being made under fair working conditions. Check out our links for ...
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RIRDC - New Plant Products Program
Strategies for 2007–08 The research priorities are: Increase domestic and international demand ... tea profitability and environmental assurance* Dr John Golding 02 4348 1926 PRJ-000420 Commercialising cocoa growing in north Queensland* Dr Yan Diczbalis 07 4064 1128 PRJ-000385 Technological ...
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The Chocolate Manufacturer’s Association, a trade group that represents U.S. chocolate producers, hired two former Senate majority leaders–Bob Dole, a Republican, and George Mitchell, a ... ’s association and the World Cocoa Foundation; as well as chocolate producers Hershey’s, M&M Mars, Nestle and World’s Finest Chocolate; and the cocoa processors Blommer Chocolate, Guittard Chocolate, ...
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Saskatchewan Environmental Society — CFQC-TV News at Noon Tips
Fair trade ... environmentally sound. Fair trade is a means to develop producers' independence. Fair trade relationships provide continuity, during which producers and their marketing organizations can improve their management ...
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AGENDA 21 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Substantive negotiations between producers and consumers should be pursued with a view to achieving viable and more ... groups. In this regard, particular attention should be paid to the agreements on cocoa, coffee, sugar and tropical timber. The importance of international commodity agreements and arrangements ...
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