Cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire: Balancing current risk and opportunity for farmers

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Cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire: Balancing current risk and opportunity for farmers

Companies should take a two-pronged approach to the EU's upcoming deforestation regulation, focusing on transparency within their supply chains and collaboration on landscape improvements at a sectoral level, writes Proforest's Abraham Baffoe

Côte d'Ivoire is the world's largest cocoa producer. Its production landscapes are major sourcing areas of cocoa, natural rubber, banana, cashew, coffee and palm oil for many international commodity trading...

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