TOWARDS MORE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COCOA TRADE
Cocoa is a classic Third World cash crop. It is produced mostly by small, poor farmers in Africa, while its products - chocolate and sun tan oil - are consumed by rich consumers in North America and Europe.
Abbott, Philip C.
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Reforming Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa marketing and pricing system [PDF]
Cote d'Ivoire has historically taxed cocoa producers. Market reforms over the past 10 years have somewhat succeeded in making domestic and foreign marketing more transparent and competitive.
Varangis, Panos, McIntire, John
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Globalization and International Commodity Trade with Specific Reference to the West African Cocoa Producers [PDF]
Liberalization of tropical agricultural markets has brought globalization, in the sense that all producers now face world rather than domestic prices.
Christopher L. Gilbert, Panos Varangis
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Open AgricultureThe introduction of partial liberalization into Ghana’s cocoa market in 1992/1993 encouraged competition among cocoa buyers. However, since the government determines prices of cocoa bean and thus prohibits price-based competition among Licensed Buying ...
Kpabitey Sylvia +2 more
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Export commodity production and broad-based rural development: coffee and cocoa in the Dominican Republic [PDF]
An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all agricultural producers. The sectors also provide employment for tens of thousands of field laborers and persons employed in linked economic activities.
Siegel, Paul B., Alwang, Jeff
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The extent to which the domestic conditions of cocoa farmers in Bougainville impede livelihoods. [PDF]
One Health, 2020 Walton M +7 more
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Incentives Embedded in Institutions: The Case of Share Contracts in Ghanaian Cocoa Production [PDF]
Providing price incentives to farmers is usually considered essential for agricultural development. Although such incentives are important, regarding price as the sole explanatory factor is far from satisfactory in understanding the complex realities of ...
Takane, Tsutomu
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Increased Cocoa Bean Exports under Trade Liberalization: A Gravity Model Approach
Gravity models were developed to estimate the potential bilateral exports of cocoa under trade liberalization by the sixteen major cocoa producing countries to the US using panel data from 1989 to 2003.
Allen, Albert J. +3 more
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Heterogeneous returns and the persistence of agricultural technology adoption [PDF]
In this paper we explore whether low rates of sustained technology use can be explained by heterogeneity in returns to adoption. To do so we evaluate impacts of the Cocoa Abrabopa Association, which provided a package of fertilizer and other inputs on ...
Emmanuel Opoku +5 more
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EXAMINATION OF SUPPORT TO COCOA FARMERS IN KAILAHUN DISTRICT
International Journal of Social Sciences and Management ReviewCocoa farming plays a significant role in the livelihood of rural communities in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone, contributing to economic development and poverty alleviation. This study examines the types and effectiveness of support extended to cocoa farmers in Kailahun District by various parties involved in the cocoa value chain. The research looks
JOE DIAWO +3 more
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