ConfectioneryNews spoke with three facets of the industry a leading certifier, a boutique producer, and a nonprofit to understand the potential efficacy of higher prices paid to farmers. Read more
Researchers set out to determine how much, if at all, a price premium would affect the reality of child labor in cocoa production in Ghana. Through three scenarios, they settled on an 11% bump transferred directly from government to farmer. Read more
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard on sustainable cocoa will help mainstream ethical cocoa, says the chair of the standard, while an NGO worries uptake will be limited. Read more
Over the past two decades, civil society has been one of the main promotional vehicles for the uptake of certified cocoa production and consumption. With an increase in sector efforts, in data and research, and in experience with implementation, the sector now has a wider range of interventions at its disposal and it's time to take stock where we are, says the watchdog. Read more
Increases to Fair Trade minimum price and premium aim to address extreme poverty and related child labor in cocoa-producing communities in West Africa. Read more