Achievements in child protection are advancing cocoa sustainability, but the problem of farmer poverty remains critical, says ICI
12 juin 2017
Joint sustainability efforts on an unprecedented scale have led to a major expansion and significant advances in community development and child protection in cocoa-growing regions of West Africa. But the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), launching its 2016 Annual Report on World Day against Child Labour, warns that if the current low world market price for cocoa persists, it threatens to undermine the progress made in cocoa sustainability, including on efforts to reduce the risk of child labour. In 2016, with the support of its various members, ICI continued its community development work
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