Cocoa is by far Ghana's most important crop. It dominates the agricultural sector and is a major source of income for … approximately 800,000 farmers and many others engaged in trade, transportation, and processing of cocoa. Cocoa holds a unique …, the Government of Ghana (GoG) is committed to securing the future profitability and sustainability of the cocoa supply …

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 …

Cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire face precarious livelihoods. Low farm-gate prices that are a fraction of the world … paper seeks to understand the drivers of the low pass-through of cocoa prices in the world’s largest cocoa-producing country … segments of the in-country supply chain. Our approach couples econometric analyses using secondary cocoa price data and primary …

In this paper we examine gender differences in cocoa production in Cameroon using a survey of about 1000 cocoa …