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Tag Archives: chocolate

YOUNG GRADUATE FARMER AYUK OROCK FROM CAMEROON

Transnational Investigation: The FAIRTRADE Chocolate Rip-off

November 14, 2012by FAIR 11 Comments

In a six-month transnational project led by the Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR), journalists hailing from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and the Netherlands investigated the alleged benefits received by cocoa farmers […]

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Eugenie, Fair Trade cocoa farmer from Kavovia Coop Ivory Coast (Credit: fairtradecampus.wordpress.com)

Ivory Coast and the problem of chocolate

February 20, 2012by FAIR Leave a comment

“Sustainable and fair,” is the label in the supermarket on chocolate, peanut butter, coffee and tea.  Dutch consumers prefer “sustainable” sprinkles, because thanks to our buying behavior, as we know, […]

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