Wow!: High hopes in Israel for ‘super hero’ cocoa that survived frontline conditions
ALESSANDRO DIVIGGIANO, RAMI AMICHAY and ARI RABINOVITCH, of Reuters, report on how a more resilient strain of the cocoa plant could help alleviate a global shortage…
How ethical are your Valentine’s Day chocolates?
New York, US Thomson Reuters Foundation With sales set for a Valentine’s Day boost, chocolate lovers and romantics concerned about ethical sourcing can take some heart from a new report. Leading chocolate makers have faced intense scrutiny over how they source their cocoa beans in recent years, and US-based non-profit Forest Trends said they are […]
A sweet deal? Study shows higher cocoa prices could end child labour in Ghana
London Thomson Reuters Foundation Ghana could end child labour on cocoa farms by increasing the prices it pays impoverished farmers by about 50 per cent, a US study said on Wednesday, as global efforts to end child labour stall. Paying just three per cent more at the farm gate could stop children in Ghana doing […]