Sustainability of cocoa will fail without living wage for farmers

The Cocoa Barometer, produced by the Voice Network group of civil society organisations, found farmers in many cocoa-producing countries remain poverty stricken and unable to reduce levels of child labour and deforestation. — Bernama

LONDON: Environmental and social problems in global cocoa supply chains are likely to continue unless companies pay farmers substantially more for their beans, according to a major report on cocoa sustainability published yesterday.

The Cocoa Barometer, produced by the Voice Network group of civil society organisations, found farmers in many cocoa-producing countries remain poverty stricken and unable to reduce levels of child labour and deforestation.