Click here to view original web page at www.confectionerynews.com Cote d’Ivoire cocoa farmers are struggling to earn a living income, which is adding to deforestation in the country, two new reports highlight. Pic: EU The latest academic environmental research into
DNA testing for cocoa beans offers path to end slavery and child labour in global chocolate industry
Research shows low-cost DNA biomarker technique can trace cocoa from a specific farm to the chocolate bar in your hand … https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/dna-testing-for-cocoa-beans-offers-path-to-end-slavery-and-child-labour-in-global-chocolate-industry Log in to your account so that you can subscribe to topics you're interested in! Login
Walk Free Foundation study – The prevalence of forced labour and child labour in the cocoa sectors of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana | ICI Cocoa Initiative
The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian organisation dedicated to ending contemporary slavery and human trafficking, issued the 2018 version of their “Global Slavery Index” on 19 July 2018. The index provides a country by country ranking of the number of
Human Rights and Child Labour | Make Chocolate Fair!
Human and labour rightsCocoa farmers´ low income leads to serious violations of human and labour rights on cocoa farms. Because of their poor income, farmers cannot pay sufficient salaries to the workers and provide them with acceptable accommodation and health