Mars and Hershey's accused of avoiding fair pay for cocoa farmers

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Two of the world's largest cocoa producers have accused Hershey's and Mars of avoiding paying a bonus that helps boost poor farmers' incomes, and have cancelled sustainability schemes run by the confectionary giants.

West African nations Ghana and Ivory Coast account for two-thirds of global cocoa production, but there have been long-running tensions with U.S. multinationals over pricing.

The LID gives a bonus of US$400 per tonne of cocoa in addition to the market price and is intended to better remunerate cocoa farmers, many of whom live in poverty. As a result, the producers said they had "been left with no choice but to cancel all sustainability programmes with which your company is involved".

In a separate statement, the CCC and Cocobod accused Mars of modifying its cocoa butter procurement processes to avoid paying the LID.

 

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