Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers Benefit from Sustainability
A community-led Land Management Board has made sustainable, climate-smart farming the norm.... Continue Reading
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May 4, 2018
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Eliminating Deforestation from Ghana’s Cocoa Supply Chain
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire committed last fall to ending deforestation in their cocoa supply chains.... Continue Reading
Towards Productive Landscapes: A Landscape Approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture in Ghana
Deforestation in the tropics is a significant cause of global climate change (Murdiyarso, Hergoualc’h and Verchot 2010). Where land conversion is fueled by commodity agriculture, it is imperative to engage farmers in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices that include forest conservation. For smallholder cocoa producers in Ghana, increasing on-farm carbon storage and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing
Olam is a global integrated supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients, sourcing 20 products, with a direct presence in 64 countries. In Ghana it sources 80,000 Mt cocoa per year, of which four percent originates from the western Bia-Juabeso region, representing USD 6 million market value. Olam started its operation in the region […]