Cocoa Quiz Flashcards
What was funded by Cocoa
- education
-houses are built with cocoa
-foundations of roads
-schools
-hospitals
-government runs on cocoa
What do their policies focus on
-policies focus on sustaining cocoa
What did industry leaders like Nestle, Mars,
and Hershey vowed to, about two decades ago
to improve their cocoa supply chains in West Africa, where most of the world’s
cocoa originates.
What goal was at the top of their list
child labor so the roughly two million children working on cocoa farms could instead be in school.
What are other more recent objectives
halting deforestation, teaching farmers better growing practices, and
improving life in cocoa communities.
What do chocolate companies still struggle with
still struggle to trace their supply chains back to the individual farms that produced the beans they purchase.
what is hard to know without traceability
it is hard to know if child labor was used or
not.
what does Extreme poverty in cocoa producing nations generates
endemic challenges that are
not easily overcome.
What is the crux of the problem
too many West Africans depend on cocoa for their livelihood, and too few global consumers are willing to pay more for their chocolate.
how much does the global chocolate industry generate in sales
$107 billion a year with strong growth
forecast for the next five years.
what are some of the major players
Nestle, Mars, Hershey, Mondelez, and Godiva,
What do chocolate companies rely on
a steady supply of
cocoa grown mainly in developing countries
How much of the worlds cocoa comes from west Africa
60%
How many cocoa farms are in west Africa
2 million with most grown in Ivory Coast and Ghana
Who holds the biggest share of cocoa in west Africa
Ivory Coast with 30%, cocoa is its largest export
What largest export is cocoa in Ghana
Third largest, following gold and crude oil
In West Africa, how many farmers and their families grow cocoa trees in fields and dry
the beans after harvest
about two million farmers
According to U.S. Labor Department about how many children are employed in West African cocoa
farms,
two million children
Where do bosses traffic children from
Burkina Faso
how many children from Burkina Faso are in Ivory Coast
16,000
An open border agreement between Ivory Coast and neighboring countries resulted in what?
as many as 1.3 million
people from Burkina Faso and 360,000 from Mali crossing over to a country
How much are bosses paid
paid around nine dollars a week per child employed by an Ivorian farmer
how young are these children
as young as ten or eleven
no record exists for how many children born in Burkina Faso
40%
What did the new policy in July 2019 allow by the governments of Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso
return children coming into the country unaccompanied to work on cocoa farms.
What did certification groups assists with
They aimed to show
that farms were not on nationally protected forests, child labor was not being used, and safe and
sanitary programs existed for farm workers
how much of cocoa supply was certified by the end of 2018 by companies
Mars-half of its cocoa
-Hershey 80%
-Nestle 46% globally and 80% among Ivory Coast farmers
How much of the cocoa produced in Ivory Coast can be traced to the farms from which it came from ?
less than 25%
how far are West African cocoa farms are spread
100,000 square miles of territory
how much do Utz or Fairtrade typically sample
10% of farms in any given group seeking certification
How many co-ops are they and how many are inspected
a co-op may consist of 1,000
small farmers, yet fewer than 100 will be inspected.
How much more can farmers get if certifies
$80 more per metric ton sold.
what happens if If people cannot read or write?
make just 70 cents a day, and we come with 35 pages of requirement that they must meet
how does certification mislead people
to believe that farmers earn a living wage, their children go to school, and labor conditions
are decent.
What is the small West
African farmer’s cocoa income
$1,900 to $2,000 a year
What percent of farmers live on less than 3 dollars a day?
80%
How much does a typical farmer earn a day?
$0.78 per day from cocoa farming, about
enough to purchase one Kit Kat bar
What are the biggest expenses for farmers?
Chemicals, equipment, and labor
What are the biggest expenses for farmers?
Chemicals, equipment, and labor
UNESCO cites the Ivorian literacy rate around
44%
How much do farms in west africa range?
5 to 12 acres, and lack modern farm equipment and practices
