CHOCOLATE AND COCOA SECTOR SQUEEZES CHILD LABOUR FROM GHANA COCOA PRODUCTION
January 2nd, 2015
Increasing efforts are being made across the cocoa supply chain in globally important producer Ghana to ensure its industry operates ethically and sustainably. Total Ghanaian cocoa production for the 2013/14 season was forecast to be around 830,000 tonnes, according to a report by the Oxford Business Group, which noted that 835,000 tonnes of cocoa were harvested in Ghana during the 2012/13 season, representing around 21% of the global total. According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), there are around 800,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana, out of a total population of ...
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