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Press Release – CFI 2020 Progress Reports

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Cocoa & Forests Initiative 2020 Progress Reports

SDM Case Report: Miro Forestry, Ghana

Miro Forestry manages plantations in Ghana and Sierra Leone and uses the timber from these plantations as input to their veneer processing operations. In order to expand the sourcing base…

Supporting healthy and safe employment of women workers in the Ghanaian banana industry

The Banana Occupational Health and Safety Initiative (BOHESI) has gone a long way to support improved occupational health and safety (OHS) practices in the Ghanaian banana sector, with activities in…

Cocoa & Forests Initiative Progress Reports

Big steps towards improved nutrition for cocoa farming families

On this World Food Day, 16 October, four cocoa companies (Cargill, Ecom, Olam, Touton) joined by IDH, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and CARE initiated the signing of…

Progressing the Dialogue on Tree Registration in Cocoa Farms in Ghana

Tree tenure, the ownership and benefit sharing in planted and naturally growing trees on cocoa farms, is a very delicate issue to tackle when working with local farmers in Ghana.

Ghana Government Releases Land Use Maps to CFI Signatories

A brief ceremony was organized by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) in collaboration with the Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) secretariat in Accra on 4 July 2019…

Deforestation rates on the rise in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where to go from here

The recent news showing increased deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana is a very clear call for action. The Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) and its stakeholders have made great…

Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans Now Available

Thirty companies, accounting for about 85% of global cocoa usage, have now released their individual action plans to end deforestation in the cocoa sector and restore forest areas. The action…