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Towards a sustainable cocoa chain : power and possibilities within the cocoa and chocolate sector, Cappelle, Jan , 2008, The Hague, (2008)

This report contributes in various ways to the debate on a sustainable cocoa economy. A sustainable cocoa economy is where each person investing time or money into the supply chain would be able to earn a decent income for themselves and their family, work in good conditions, and in a manner...

Chain governance, sector policies and economic sustainability in cocoa: a comparative analysis of Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ecuador, Ton, G., Hagelaar G., Laven Anna C., and Vellema S. , Markets, chains and sustainable development, 2008, Wageningen, (2008)

The task of the paper is to examine modes of economic governance and policy measures that may alter the economic playing field for sustainability and social equality in the cocoa sector. The paper will not define or measure sustainability in cocoa. It has a strong focus on the economic...

Corporate social responsibility in international cocoa trade, Abbott, P. H., Wilcox M., and Muir W. A. , 15th Annual World Food and Agribusiness Forum and Symposium, 2005, Chicago, (2005)

This paper examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR), in the form of Fair Trade, affects the welfare of market agents, with special emphasis on the smallholder cocoa farmers of West Africa. An overview of the cocoa markets and the Fair Trade initiative is presented and the effects of...

Financial implications of liberalising cocoa marketing, Research Department , 2003, (2003)

This paper looks at the financial implications of the complete liberalization of the external marketing of cocoa. A review of experience of other cocoa producing countries in West Africa is in section 2, followed by implications of liberalization on quality of cocoa to be exported in section 3....

Cocoa Rehabilitation Project : Project Performance Evaluation Report, Operations Evaluation Department , 2002, (2002)

This is a Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER) of the Ghana Cocoa Rehabilitation Project (CRP). Ghana’s Economic Recovery Program (ERP) of macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment was launched in April 1983. As part of the ERP, the Government of Ghana (GOG) introduced a...

Coffee and chocolate : can we help developing country farmers through geographical indications?, Hughes, J. , 2010, Washington, D.C., USA, (2010)

This study explores the potential for geographical indications as a tool to promote developing country agriculture in two specific products: coffee and chocolate (cocoa). I take as the singular goal of “rural development” giving farmers – in this case coffee and cocoa farmers – higher long-term...

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