2023-05-24 16:25:57
If the chocolate industry generates 130 billion dollars in annual revenue, the income of the first link in the chain is almost insignificant. To combat this injustice, and have more influence in the negotiations, the producing countries came together in a “Cocoa OPEC” in 2018, with a objective : better remunerating cocoa farmers. Is this goal achievable? How can Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana win this arm wrestling match against seemingly all-powerful multinationals?
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[Série] Producers against multinationals, the cocoa war
Last January, Young Africa published a four-part series on this long-term battle. By first analyzing the reasons for the current omnipotence of manufacturers and distributors who, at the end of the chain, are the actors who reap the biggest share of the cake, to the detriment of cocoa farmers. The inventory is clear: Ivorian producers receive, on average, less than one dollar per day, while the chocolate industry generates some 130 billion dollars in sales worldwide each year.
However, there are ways to get out of this impasse. In Côte d’Ivoire, several cocoa farmers’ organizations are showing the way, in particular through the certification ” fairtrade“. Another actor must also become more widely involved: the State. In the interview he gave to Young Africathe expert François Ruf insisted on the need for the authorities of producing countries to “reduce cocoa production, and thus better control it, while guaranteeing the means of subsistence monde agricole ».
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