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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Longer-term supermarket contracts for cocoa ‘can help tackle child labour’

A supply chain scheme that brings supermarkets together to invest in long-term cocoa contracts can boost efforts to tackle child labour, farmers and industry leaders in Ivory Coast have said.

The West African nation is the world’s largest cocoa producer, supplying the vast majority of the UK market alongside its neighbour Ghana, but the industry has relied heavily on child workers.

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