{"id":15750,"date":"2021-12-23T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairfood.org\/?post_type=sector&p=15750"},"modified":"2022-06-17T17:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:29:03","slug":"cocoa","status":"publish","type":"sector","link":"https:\/\/fairfood.wpdev.go2people.nl\/en\/commodities\/cocoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tracing cocoa in a thriving but asymmetric industry <\/h1>\n

Produced in the South and consumed in the North, the key ingredient for a billion dollar chocolate industry hides a reality of disparities. As companies thrive and benefit from the continuous commodity price drop, most producers live below the poverty line, making it impossible to invest in their businesses. Transparency is crucial to uncover inequality and, therefore, the only way forward for sustainable and future-proof cocoa.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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$ billion is what the current chocolate industry is worth<\/h3>\n

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$ per day (or less) is what a cocoa farmer earns on the field<\/h3>\n

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% of Sierra Leonean cocoa was consumed by the Netherlands in 2020<\/h3>\n

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% of the world\u2019s cocoa consumption is produced in Ghana and C\u00f4te D\u2019Ivoire<\/h3>\n

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The cocoa industry is one of paradoxes, whether it relates to value distribution, production, labour conditions or payments, the scale leans heavily to one side. With 91% of its cocoa<\/a> import coming from West Africa, the Netherlands – the largest cocoa importer worldwide – has a major role to play when it comes to setting standards. Sierra Leone has become a key supplier for organic beans, and while they only represent 21% of the Dutch import<\/a>, the Netherlands account for 98% of their cocoa export<\/a>. The RECLAIM Sustainability! programme, in partnership with Solidaridad and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, acknowledges the responsibility the Dutch market has when it comes to making a positive impact. As Fairfood stands in ‘tech for good’ we believe that the transparency that our Trace tool<\/a> allows can help to add value to cacao.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New prospects for Sierra Leonean farmers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As part of a RECLAIM Sustainability!<\/a> Innovation pilot, Fairfood and Solidaridad West Africa started tracing cocoa from Sierra Leone. Ultimately, everyone involved in the cocoa production will be able to verify transactions logged in the Trace<\/a> app, and work together in new arrangements to better distribute value across the value chain. <\/p>\n\n\nRead more<\/a>\n\n\n


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Traceability and transparency are already on the minds of many stakeholders, but with this project farmers can see it at their level. They are able to check payments and see if first buyers are correcting mistakes committed either by their commission agencies or people that source from them.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\t\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Read more about cocoa<\/h2>\n\n\n
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