'There's big money in chocolate but definitely not for farmers,' said Oxfam International's interim executive director, Amitabh Behar.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - The world's biggest chocolate makers are failing on promises to improve pay for farmers in major cocoa producer Ghana despite strong profits, charity Oxfam said in a report on Thursday.
"Cocoa farmers work extremely hard, under gruelling conditions, yet can't always feed their families." Ivory Coast and Ghana, both situated in West Africa, together produce about two-thirds of the world's cocoa. Ivory Coast and Ghana introduced the LID in 2019 to fight poverty among cocoa farmers in the global $130-billion chocolate market.
"We also work on diverse initiatives... with women and their families in cocoa growing communities to improve their livelihoods."
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