News from ICI

As cocoa companies are seeking to increase productivity to respond to the rising demand for cocoa and the families of smallholder farmers have traditionally been the main source of household labour, it is important to understand what impact production increases may have on the labour needs and decisions - specifically with regards to children. For this reason the International Cocoa Initiative commissioned a research that will look at the potential and actual impact of increasing productivity on the labour market and child labour risk in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Farmers' increased income might