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The states of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have founded a cocoa cartel, widely dubbed COPEC. [ 31 ] In June 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit unanimously found that state product labeling laws did not require Nestlé, Mars Inc., or the Hershey Company to disclose on chocolate wrappers if the ingredients used were ...
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are the world's largest and second largest cocoa producers, respectively, together accounting for 65% of the global cocoa supply as of 2024. [1] In 2017, a 20% drop in global cocoa prices negatively impacted the livelihoods of millions of cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, prompting the presidents of both countries to sign an agreement for a strategic ...
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are the world's largest and second largest cocoa producers, respectively, and cocoa exports make up a significant portion of both countries' economies. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Ivorian and Ghanaian governments purchase cocoa from their farmers at a fixed price based to some extent on the average market price.
Dried cocoa beans are displayed at the National Cocoa and Chocolate Day in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on Sept. 28, 2024. - Laurent Idibouo/Xinhua/Getty Images The Ivory Coast and Ghana produce 70% of ...
A banana plantation in Ivory Coast. Agriculture was the foundation of the economy in Ivory Coast and its main source of growth. [1] In 1987 the agricultural sector contributed 35 percent of the country's GDP and 66 percent of its export revenues, provided employment for about two-thirds of the national work force, and generated substantial revenues despite the drop in coffee and cocoa prices. [1]
In Ghana, the cocoa industry began in the late 19th century [59] and in Côte d'Ivoire it began in the early 20th century. [60] Ghana became the largest cocoa producer in the world in 1910. [59] By 1980 Côte d'Ivoire overtook Ghana as the biggest producer. [60] In both countries, the majority of farms are small and family-owned.
In Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, barriers to land ownership have led migrant workers and farmers without financial resources to buy land to illegally expand their cocoa farming in protected forests. Many cocoa farmers in this region continue to prioritize expansion of their cocoa production, which often leads to deforestation.
The International Cocoa Initiative was established in 2002 to address part of Article 5 (establishment of a joint foundation) of the Harkin-Engel Protocol, an international agreement aimed at ending the worst forms of child labour and forced labour in the production of cocoa. [3] ICI operates in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana since 2007. [4]