IDH convenes coalitions of front running companies, civil society organizations and governments to transform markets towards sustainable production and consumption worldwide. That will deliver impact on the Millennium Development Goals 1 (poverty reduction), 7 (safeguarding the environment) and...
Presentation at Improving the position of smallholders through knowledge exchange between Tropical Food Chains and Research Multi-stakeholder Workshop, Wageningen, 12 April 2007
This presentation first deals with the background on the cocoa industry and looks at its future. Problems and challenges encountered are discussed, e.g on the economic side: low production, crop losses, pests and diseases, inadequate infrastructure and land-use planning, poor market information...
Tropical Commodity Coalition (TCC) comprises twelve Dutch Civil Society Organizations. The aim of TCC is to improve the social, environmental and economic conditions at the beginning of the coffee, tea and cocoa value chains.