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During the 2018/19 cocoa-growing season, research commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor was conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago in these two countries and found that 1.48 million children are engaged in hazardous work on cocoa farms including working with sharp tools and agricultural chemicals and carrying heavy loads.
The documentary starts in Cologne, Germany where Mistrati asks several chocolate company representatives whether they are aware of child labour in cocoa farms. In Mali , the film shows that children, having been promised paid work, are taken to towns near the border such as Zégoua , from where another trafficker transports the children over ...
Boy collecting cocoa after beans have dried. The Harkin–Engel Protocol, [a] sometimes referred to as the Cocoa Protocol, is an international agreement aimed at ending the worst forms of child labor (according to the International Labour Organization's Convention 182) and forced labor (according to ILO Convention 29) in the production of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate.
Child welfare advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa that can end up in America's ...
To produce two tons of cocoa butter traditionally, Beressi Golomb said, four tons of cocoa pods are required, using 2,000 trees and over 100,000 square feet (9,290 square meters) of land.
Cocoa Life farms accounted for 43% of Mondelez' cocoa needs by 2018 and the company planned to have 100% coverage with Cocoa Life by 2025. [70] An investigation in 2022 by Britain's Channel 4 Dispatches found children as young as 10 working on farms in Ghana supplying the Cadbury's brand of Mondelēz International. [71]
As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to launch its "Incoa" bar. Using ...
International CoCoa Farmers Organization; Abbreviation: ICCFO: Formation: 4 December 2014 () Type: non-profit: Purpose: To be the voice of cocoa farmer and defend cocoa farmers interest worldwide. Support members to eradicate child and forced labor in their profession, and promote sustainable cocoa farming and safeguard nature. Location