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This paper builds on recent publications and on-going debates from a number of practitioners and advocates of responsible and sustainable purchasing practices in the cocoa sector where sustainability is an area of growing concern for both the cocoa producing countries and the chocolate...

Cocoa and dentistry in Ghana, Ketelaar, Erwin, and Puma Danielle , 2007, Utrecht, p.108 - pgs., (2007)

In the first 26 pages of this report the results are presented of research into corporate social responsibility (CSR) aspects of cocoa bulk storage in Ghana. The remainder of this report deals with CSR aspects of other sectors, varying from the medical to flower sectors. The report is written in...

Sustainability in the Cocoa Sector-Review, Challenges and Approaches, Matissek, R., Reinecke J., Von Hagen O., and Manning S. , Moderne Ernaehrung Heute, Official Journal of the Food Chemistry Institute of the Association of the German Confectionery IndustryModerne, 2012, p.28 - pgs., (2012)

The cocoa industry is suffering from a number of interconnected problems: Be this the over-aged tree stocks, the repercussions of disease and pest infestation, the political instability in West Africa, a lack of agricultural professionalism, an absence of infrastructure, or the shortcomings of...

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...

Analysis of corporate social responsibility standards and guidelines in the agribusiness sector, Haas, R., Poetz K., and Balzarova M. , 2011 Annual World Food and Agribusiness Forum and Symposium, 2011, Frankfurt, (2011)

A meta-analysis of existing and planned standards and guidelines for CSR was applied to (1) provide a systematic overview of CSR standards and guidelines with particular focus on agribusiness, and to (2) provide a model to categorize them and (3) draw conclusions about the overall development in...

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...

IFAMA is an international management organization that brings together current and future business, academic, and government leaders along with other industry stakeholders—to improve the strategic focus, transparency, sustainability, and responsiveness of the global food and agribusiness system...

The challenge of connecting smallholders to dynamic markets is still a new field without proven replicable models and methodologies. Our worldwide search for best practice did provide interesting and inspiring material, but we are still far away from the public sector having anticipatory...

Our commitment to sustainable cocoa - ADM, ADM , 2011, p.12 - pgs., (2011)

ADM, as a premier global cocoa processors and chocolate manufacturer is committed to a sustainable future for cocoa farming. In this brochure ADM describes some of the activities created or supported by the company. Sustainability seminars, the SERAP programme (socially and environmentally...

The World Cocoa Foundation’s sustainability principles and goals were developed to guide industry efforts and prioritize the Foundation’s development projects in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas. Developed through discussions among Foundation members, producing country representatives and...

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