Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. Farmers from the Bendeghe Afi community in Cross River State, Nigeria, discovered this when they couldn’t figure out how to prune their exceedingly tall cocoa trees. One farmer took matters into his own… Read More
Education is central to tackling child labor. Over the years the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has supported thousands of children… Read More
Elizabeth Obeng is a busy woman — teacher, shopkeeper, cocoa farmer, and a single mother. She grows cocoa on two… Read More
If, like me, you are a chocolate lover, chances are that your heart has sunk more than once since 2013,… Read More
Before there was the plant nursery she manages with other local women, and the rice they grow to supplement their… Read More
In Brazil’s largest indigenous reserve thousands of saplings have been planted as an alternative to profits from illegal gold mining. Read More
