Title: Certified cocoa : scaling up farmer participation in West Africa

Authors: Paschall, Melissa and Seville, Don

Place: [London]

Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED)

Year: cop. 2012

Journal: Case study series

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Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agricultural products, quality control, standards, exports, africa

Abstract: This case study describes efforts by Rainforest Alliance to meet growing industry demand for certified cocoa by rapidly scaling up its network of certified farmers in the cocoa-producing countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. A key focus of the paper is on reaching unorganised farmers.

URL: http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/16034IIED.pdf

Document type: Portal