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Life is different, says farmer Elisabeth Tackie

29 September 2014

ICI's Ebeneser Osei talks to Elisabeth Tackie about the impact the Farmer Field Schools has had on her family. Children are no longer involved in hazardous tasks on the farm, and she doesn't need to borrow money to pay for their school fees.

Teaching farmers and protecting children

29 September 2014

Farmer Field Schools are designed to support cocoa farmers to increase their yield. The additional income can be used to send children to school and also to hire adult labour, both of which reduce the likelihood of children working on the farms.Yaw Mensah, a cocoa farmer from Ghana, talks to ICI's Ebenezer Osei about the change the Farmer Field School brought into his life.

Recognition for Ghana’s top cocoa farmers

19 September 2014

The Ghana Cocoa Board and one of ICI’s Founding Members, the Hershey Company, recognised three of Ghana’s best cocoa farmers as part of Hershey’s Learn to Grow program, which aims to improve farmer

Cocoa marathon in Hune: from Amsterdam to Davos

From the World Cocoa Conference in Amsterdam, 9 — 13 June, to Chocovision 2014 in Davos, Switzerland, 17 — 18 June, ICI was part of the debate that will shape the future of chocolate. Launching its

Children’s rights key to cocoa sustainability says ICI

At least one million children in cocoa-growing communities in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana should have a better future by the end of 2020, according to the International Cocoa Initiative, a leader in child