The European Union is the world’s largest importer of cocoa. In Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon, cocoa farming is the main source of livelihoods for six to seven million farmers and contributes indirectly to the livelihoods of a further 40 to 50 million people. A large proportion of cocoa farmers in these countries live below the poverty line.
The Initiative promotes sustainable production that covers the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social. In Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon the initiative aims to provide a ‘living income’ for farmers, contribute to national public revenues, end environmental degradation and deforestation, and protect labour rights. EFI also underpins sustainable cocoa objectives in other cocoa producing countries in Africa and Latin America.
To assist the EU’s efforts on sustainable cocoa, we focus our contribution on:
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