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The present document highlights the impact of import tariffs and VAT on the cocoa value chain. Furthermore, it reviews the incidence of indirect taxes and custom duties on cocoa beans, cocoa liquor, cocoa cake, cocoa butter, and cocoa powder. This document does not cover indirect taxes and...
Cocoa farmers should apply best known practices in cocoa production in order to produce cocoa of the highest physical quality that meets food safety standards. At the same time, through best known practices, sustainable cocoa can be produced that comply with economic, social and environmental...
An inventory of options for crop diversification in smallholder cocoa farms is presented and the conditions for their promotion is discussed. Intercrops include vegetables, cassava, yam, cocoyam, papayas, plantain, maize, bananas, groundnuts, water melons. Using fruit trees as shade trees is...
The cyclical boom-to-recession nature of the economics of cocoa supply is a major problem for the international cocoa industry - and especially for countries whose economies depend on cocoa exports. Only through an understanding of the dynamics of cocoa cycles can policy decisions be made...
The BACP Market Transformation Strategy for Cocoa defines the priorities along which BACP will allocate funds for cocoa projects in the first five years of implementation (a second five-year phase is expected to follow). The ultimate goal of the program is to contribute to the preservation of...
The Sustainable Cocoa Production Program (SCPP) is a large partnership comprising the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), Swisscontact and private cocoa sector companies, including Armajaro, ADM Cocoa (SERAP), Cargill (SULA), Mars and Nestlé...
To achieve a more sustainable world cocoa economy the industry needs to start taking more focused action as soon as possible. Data on the current situation needs to be collected, publicly reported, activities towards sustainability goals need to be developed and the resulting improvements should...
Total cocoa production has increased in absolute terms from 3.6 6 million metric tonnes in 200 7 - 2008 to 3.98 million metric tonnes in 20 11 - 2012 . Change in production has not been linear, however, and has fluctuated in various patterns among the different regions. Africa has been and is...
The experience of VECO (Vredeseilanden Country Offices) working in Sulawesi with Armajaro, a leading global cocoa supplier, illustrates how an international NGO can collaborate with the private sector to generate new opportunities and resources for farmers. Through this process VECO has adopted...
A number of studies were recently launched on certified organic production in Uganda and Tanzania, focusing on quantifying the economic and social impacts of organic conversion, but also addressing organizational, institutional and technology issues. This paper summarizes the results of two of...
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