Cocoa’s price hit an all-time high in 2024, but has plummeted since. Why aren’t we seeing cheaper chocolates on our supermarket shelves yet?
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Cocoa prices surged to record highs over the past year, but they are not passing through to Ghanaian farmers.
By generating new high-resolution maps, researchers found cocoa plantations were causing far worse forest destruction in West Africa than previously thought.
Children working on family farms is often mistaken for harmful child labour.
Child labour rates, and potentially other sensitive subjects, are not being measured accurately
DNA testing for cocoa beans could fight slavery and child labour.
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana produce almost two-thirds of the world’s cocoa, and face high rates of deforestation. But the cocoa industry could make changes to become more sustainable.
The importance of raw cocoa beans to Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings is derailing the development of a viable chocolate industry
It is time for Ghana to consider the future of its cocoa farmers rather than multinational chocolate producers.
Depression is a serious, common and sometimes debilitating condition. And no, chocolate won’t help, whatever the headlines tell you.
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Senior Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Manchester; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, RMIT University