Local-level advocacy: influencing cocoa policy in Ghana
Local civil society organizations (CSOs) are well positioned to represent the interests of the communities they serve. They can be an important strategic partner in addressing sensitive issues, like deforestation and child labor. The Rainforest Alliance collaborates with CSOs to advance our advocacy efforts. In Ghana, cocoa farmers have long struggled with issues like low …
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Cocoa buyers back Ivory Coast and Ghana’s cocoa premium schemes
A man prepares cocoa beans for sale in Daloa, which produces a quarter of Ivory Coast’s national cocoa output. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon
Ivorian, Ghanaian CSOs and farmers push for reforms in cocoa producer pricing
There is no doubt that the sustainability of the global multi-billion-dollar delectable chocolate industry hinges on the welfare of small scale cocoa farmers mostly in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Therefore, as a step towards pushing for the well-being of local cocoa producers and small local processors, farmers and civil society coalitions on cocoa in the …
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FIRST GLOBAL COCOA FARMERS CONFERENCE ACCRA DECLARATION
Accra, 27 September, 2018–Released today, following input from about 200 participants representing diverse stakeholders in the cocoa value chain who attended the First Global Cocoa Farmers Conference in Accra, the conference Declaration, included; Cocoa farmers from across the globe made it clear that the cocoa sector will not be business as usual during the just …
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A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY GHANA BEST COCOA FARMERS AT THE END OF THE FIRST EDITION OF GLOBAL COCOA FARMERS CONFERENCE HELD ON 26-27TH September, 2018 AT ALISA HOTEL
Lucy Addai-Poku, Martha Addai, Agyenim Boateng Agyapong, Nicholas Kwabeng, Osei Amoako 1, Mr Osman Yakubu, Nana Johnson Afriyie, Nana Kwame Gyau, Nana Opoku Gyamfi, Op Adu Tabiri, Op Kwaku Adu, Emmanuel Agyei, Ernest Sarkodie, Isaac Appiah, Nkrumah Gabriel, Nana Johnson Mensah, Nana Joseph Kojo Gyamera, Nana Nicholas Kwabena, Nana Yaw Boateng, Op Yaw Obeng Abraham Adusei,