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Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury.
From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Orla Ryan shows that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and sheds light on what Fair Trade really means on the ground.
Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it on to our supermarket shelves.
From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Orla Ryan shows that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and sheds light on what Fair Trade really means on the ground.
Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it on to our supermarket shelves.
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INDEX
Abidjan, 29–31, 54, 56, 63, 72–5, 122; ‘bureaucrats’ profits, 135; French embassy, 75–6; Jeune Patriotes militia, 70; Muslim areas attacked, 33; Plateau district, 32, 64; transport hub, 27; Vridi port area, 71
Abrabopa, Ghana smallholder group, 108
absentee owners/landlords, 10, 146–7
Accra, 11, 18, 23, 122, 124, 155; attraction of, 156; child labour, 50; Kokrobite outskirts, 147; Korle-bu hospital, 16; Makola market, 17, 21; smallholder owners in, 147, University of Ghana, 47
Acheampong, Ignatius Kutu, 16
Acquah, Amoun, 45–6
ADM corporation, 69, 88, 134, 139; cocoa processing share, 128
advertising, 112
Africa: overvalued currencies, 90; raw materials provider perception, 83
African Growth and Opportunity Act, 93
Akrokom bug, 141
Akuafo Adamfo, cocoa buyer Ghana, 106, 110
Akwapim district, Ghana, 5
Ali, Alhassan, 56–9
Alpha Blondy, 29
American Federation of Teachers, 50
Amouzou, Henri, 70
Ampomah, Yaw Adu, 146, 155–7
Angola, 130
AP, press agency 73
Appiah Kubi, Nana Kojo, 99
Arabas, Baba, 58–9
Armah, Paul, 60
Armajaro, cocoa bean buyer, 53
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Ghana, 16
Asda/Wal-Mart, 128
Ashanti region, Ghana, 13, 22, 148
Atheya, Bama, 62
Australia, marketing board, 13
Aztecs, cocoa bean use, 4
Balladur, Edouard, 29
Bangladesh, child labour, 43, 52
Baoule ethnic group, Côte d’Ivoire, 26, 39; colonially favoured, 40
Barry Callebaut, cocoa processing shares, 88–9, 128
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 48, 71
Bedié, Henri Konan, 32–3, 35; overthrow of, 67
Bete ethnic group, Côte d’Ivoire, 29, 39, 69
Betenase, Ghana, 57–9, 146
black pod disease, 141–2
Blair, Tony, 98
Blommer, cocoa processors, 128
BNI bank, Côte d’Ivoire, 73
Body Shop, 100
Boigny, Felix Houphouet, 26–7, 30, 34–5, 39, 64, 66–7, 130; death of, 31; funeral of, 29; St Peter’s Basilic...
Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Author
- African Arguments
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- One: Ghana is cocoa
- Two: Cocoa wars
- Three: Child labour
- Four: Follow the money
- Five: From bean to bar
- Six: Fairtrade myths and reality
- Seven: Trading games
- Eight: Building a sustainable future
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index