The Conference on the Economics and Politics of Chocolate was the first ever social science conference on topics related to chocolate. The conference was held from 16th to 18th of September 2012 in Leuven, Belgium.
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Moving the bars. Sustainability brought to the forefront in the cocoa chain
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Behind the scenes, a number of organizations were working on improving the situation for these producers but despite public attention, the barriers that lock cocoa producers in a poverty trap remained in place. This report, “Moving the
Bars”, reflects on how one program aimed to move the...
International Workshop on Cocoa Certification
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This one-pager gives the recommendations adopted during the international workshop on cocoa certification, 24-27 June, Douala, Cameroon,
Rainforest Alliance: cocoa certification program
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Powerpoint presentation held at ICCO Conference Douala, 24-27 June 2013. Topic Rainforest Alliance Cocoa Certification.
An overview of cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
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The cocoa production and marketing in West Africa (specifically Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana) is presented. Tabular information on the structure of the cocoa industries in 8 major cocoa producing countries is provided, including that of Brazil, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia,...
Chain governance, sector policies and economic sustainability in cocoa
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This powerpoint discusses questions of chain governance and state involvement with regard to the development of the cocoa sector in developing countries.
Good chocolate? An examination of ethical consumption in cocoa
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This chapter investigates some of the current meanings attached to a particular commodity, cocoa, and the way in which it is constructed as ethical or unethical. The question of how different parties create, build and sustain the ethical qualities of a product is especially significant in...
Intentieverklaring duurzame cacao
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This Dutch declaration of intent was signed by chocolate producers, cacao processors, supermarkets and civil organizations in the Netherlands. It was agreed that half of all cocoa used in the Netherlands will be produced sustainably by 2015. This is expected to rise to 100% in 2025.
Quality Incentives in Informal Markets: The Case of Ecuadorian Cocoa
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We investigate the economic importance of implicit quality incentives in an agricultural market that lacks the institutional capacity for measuring quality verifiably. We measure the magnitude of implicit price premiums for quality, and we distinguish empirically between hedonic-pricing and...
Producer groups models and certification: an exploration of various producer group models in the agricultural and forestry sectors
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As standard systems seek to expand the supply of certified products and their collective impact, they face the increasing challenge of reaching out to less organized producers or to producers that are organized according to other group models. As standard systems move into this new territory, it...
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