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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has developed a toolkit to support the agribusiness sector and members of the Global Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) align on and improve human rights policy and practice. The GAA has a mandate to strengthen sustainable landscapes and livelihoods to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Created by human rights experts and agribusiness leaders, the toolkit explores the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) through the lens of the agribusiness sector, focusing on common issues faced in the

The Solidaridad Network, a partner of the International Cocoa Initiative, presents findings on the impact of MASO, a five-year programme focussed on creating employment opportunities for youth aged 18-25 in cocoa communities. The programme targeted 10,700 not-in-school youth living under the $2 per day poverty line in specific communities.

This paper proposes a prediction model to identify cocoa farmers in Ghana who are at an elevated risk of using hazardous child labour, based on basic information about cocoa-producing households and their farms.

The study “No silver bullets”, carried out by Wageningen University and Research with Cocoa Life, Mondelez’s cocoa sustainability programme, presents insights to contribute to the discussion on Living Income for farmers.

NORC at the University of Chicago’s report “Assessing progress in reducing child labor in cocoa production in Cocoa Growing Areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana” presents a comprehensive analysis of the child labour situation in cocoa-growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.