Cocoa farmers in Mfantseman, located in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region, are facing severe challenges as illegal mining activities have destroyed access routes to their ...
(The Conversation) – A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate ...
The evidence of child labour on cocoa farms in West Africa became public knowledge in the late 1990s. This followed press reports documenting the existence of hazardous child labour on cocoa farms.
Behind the chocolate in every Cadbury Crème Egg lurks the shadow of child labor, according to a new report. Britain’s Channel 4 found in a report this month that children as young as 10 work for up to ...
YouTube star MrBeast says that he doesn’t want to be remembered for his internet fame, but for his work helping to end child slavery in the cocoa industry. Jimmy ‘MrBeast‘ Donaldson launched his line ...
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Children continue to work in hazardous conditions on farms that supply cocoa to Nestle in Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, but the multinational company is taking ...
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, academics said on Monday, largely supporting ...
Swiss cocoa processing giant, Barry Callebaut, has outlined a new set of sustainability targets in its latest Forever Chocolate report, including steps to transition fully to “forest positive” in 2025 ...
ALMIRANTE, Panama (Reuters) - Indigenous people grew cocoa here more than 2,000 years ago. Now, their descendants are reviving the crop to meet world demand for high-quality chocolate. Sign up here.
The New York Lottery said in a news release Tuesday that one second-prize winning Powerball ticket was sold in Nyack for Monday's drawing. The lottery said the $1 million ticket was sold at Coco Farms ...
ABIDJAN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, academics said on Monday, largely ...