COSA and partner GeoTraceability will be working together to advise Fairtrade on determining production costs of cocoa farming in Côte […]

December 14, 2015

 

 

COSA and partner GeoTraceability will be working together to advise Fairtrade on determining production costs of cocoa farming in Côte d’Ivoire. The work will examine prices and price premiums in order to better support Ivoirian cocoa farmers.

GeoTraceability has significant experience in data collection for cocoa, working with 170,000 individual farmers over 25 years. It will provide the tools to collect, store, and present the data that is gathered. COSA will advise on what data to collect, how to collect it, and analyze the results.

The result of the collaboration?  Findings will feed into a broader global review of cocoa prices by Fairtrade. In addition, a web platform will for the first time give farmers and cooperatives direct access to their own information and how it compares to others.