An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all agricultural producers … activities. The majority of coffee and cocoa producers are small-scale and most are located in environmentally sensitive … exist in the Dominican Republic for the production of high-quality coffee and cocoa. To be competitive and sustainable, some …

This paper explores competitiveness of Cote d'Ivoire's economy over a long period of 1960-2003 and its link with cocoa …. Unfortunately, it has also specialized in one export product, raw cocoa. This paper aims to contribute to the question to what … extent do cocoa prices affect Cote d'Ivoire's competitiveness in world trade?Third, the answer to this question is that cocoa …

An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all agricultural producers … activities. The majority of coffee and cocoa producers are small-scale and most are located in environmentally sensitive … exist in Dominican Republic for production of high-quality coffee and cocoa. To be competitive and sustainable, some changes …

All the world’s cocoa is grown in developing countries — more than half in West Africa — essentially for export. Except … in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia, it is grown by smallholders. In the international cocoa market, prices rose steeply in … cocoa research, particularly in public research institutions in Brazil and in Africa. In Malaysia the situation is different …

This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of … certification schemes to reduce deforestation. The deforestation-related commitments from cocoa companies are analyzed across the … lessons from palm oil since it has the most similarities to cocoa due to its large contingent of smallholder producers and …