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Now is the Time for Partnership to Transform Africa's Cocoa Industry

Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues

Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for exploitative practices have concerned ethical consumers. Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues. Leading chocolate companies have since 2001 made pledges to end widespread abusive labour practices, but continue to fall short. In Ghana, local firm Federated…