The International Cocoa Initiative promotes child protection in cocoa-growing communities. We work to ensure a better future for children and their families.
Advancing multi-stakeholder efforts to combat child labour in cocoa
On November 15th, experts met in Accra, Ghana to discuss how different stakeholders, including the national governments, representatives from the cocoa and chocolate industry, United Nations organizations and civil society, can work together in the future to better tackle child labour in the cocoa sector.
The objective of the meeting was to look at priorities for a possible...
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Quality education: Schools closer to home for children from 8 cocoa communities in Côte d'Ivoire
The dreams of the children of Atonihio and Wosso (Gagnoa), Krakro (Soubré), Kouassikro (Duékoué), Séably (Man), Petit Katiola (Guiglo), Ladjikro (Okrouyo) and Kouamekro (Guéyo), to have a school near to home, were realized from 10 to 14 December as part of the implementation of the Core Programme, funded directly by the members of the International Cocoa Initiative’s board. And...
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Duékoué: Healthier schools for children from Zemgbobly, Toa Zeo and Ouangolo
Late last week, ICI and Nestlé visited three schools in Duékoué, all far from the city, where buildings have been renovated for the 2019-2020 school year. Local children are delighted with the results: "Before, my class was not pretty, there was sand everywhere. Today, my class is beautiful and clean” explained fourth grader BINI Aka Kobénan, during the official handover of Toa...
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Sucden becomes a member of the International Cocoa Initiative
The Cocoa Division of Sucres et Denrées (Sucden) has joined the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as a Contributing Partner. This will allow Sucden and ICI to work together to reach more children and families in cocoa growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, to achieve the shared goal of eliminating child labour, enabling child protection and addressing the issue of f...
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Final evaluation of the ECLIC project: Encouraging results and recommendations for sustainable actions undertaken
Eliminating Child Labor In Cocoa (ECLIC) project funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDoL) and implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative Foundation (ICI) is coming to an end after 4 years of implementation on the ground in Côte d'Ivoire. In view of its definite closure, USDoL commissioned a final evaluation of the performance of its implementation with the...
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Where we are working
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Cocoa News
CONFECTIONERY NEWS - Cocoa Barometer releases position paper on living income farmgate prices and urges big players to lead by example. The Cocoa Barometer Consortium, has called for every chocolate and cocoa company, and every sustainability standard to develop and publish a living income policy, including a clear statement on what the minimum farmgate price should be. Read More
BUSINESS GHANA - Government will soon implement a scholarship scheme for children of farmers pursuing tertiary education to reduce their burdens. Read More
INTELLIVOIRE.NET - Le Conseil du café-cacao (CCC) a vendu près de 720 000 tonnes de contrats d’exportation de cacao avant le 3 janvier pour la saison 2020/21, avec des prix qui incluent un nouvel différentiel de revenu vital de 400 $ par tonne ( DRV), a déclaré mercredi le CCC. Read More
CONNECTIONIVOIRIENNE.NET - La « Carte responsabilité pour le cacao » de Mighty Earth instaure une transparence sans précédent dans le secteur du cacao en Côte d’Ivoire. Read More
INTELLIVOIRE.NET - La Côte d’Ivoire et le Ghana, qui produisent plus de 60% du cacao mondial, se sont regroupés pour former un cartel du cacao et le président du Ghana Akufo-Addo dit que cela porte déjà ses fruits. Read More
CONFECTIONERY NEWS - 'I am a cocoa farmer' is an occasional series by Dr Kristy Leissle, scholar of the cocoa and chocolate industries. Here she visits Bahati Sanjingu, a cocoa farmer in Tanzania, and hears how she made the transition from growing rice to cocoa beans and earned the respect of other farmers for her entrepreneurial skills. Read More
CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTION - Mars, Incorporated is collaborating with optimisation analytics firm Nature Source Improved Plants in a bid to develop new strains of high yield, disease resistant cacao. Read More
LESECHOS.FR - La Côte d'Ivoire et le Ghana s'associent pour imposer une prime de 400 dollars sur chaque tonne de cacao vendue. Objectif : soutenir les planteurs en période de vaches maigres. Les cours ont progressé de plus de 20 % depuis août dernier. Read More
INTELLIVOIRE.NET - Les arrivées de cacao dans les ports ont atteint 1,259 million de tonnes entre le 1er octobre et le 12 janvier 2020, selon les exportateurs, en hausse de 1,9% par rapport à 1,235 million de tonnes à la même période de la saison dernière . Read More
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY - Did you know that, typically, less than 7 percent of the price of your chocolate bar goes to cocoa producers? Or that large amounts of global cocoa production are associated with illegal deforestation and biodiversity losses? Read More
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