INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – UN FAO WANTS PERMANENT COCOA MARKET OBSERVATORY
August 2nd, 2020
THE UNITED Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has proposed creating a permanent ‘observatory’ monitoring cocoa markets, assessing value and costs, to help chocolate sales revenues be more equitably distributed throughout supply chains.
In a report called a ‘Comparative study on the distribution of value in European chocolate chains’, the FAO said such “objectified and cross-checked data” would aid “a multi-stakeholder discussion” at national and global levels on revenue sharing.
The report also called for more agreements ...
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