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Category Archives: Cocoa
Helping Farmers Build Climate Resilience in Ghana
The Accessible Soils And Sustainable Environments (ASASE) project, implemented by ETG | Beyond Beans and funded by The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), aims to address the pressing issues facing cocoa farming in Ghana, particularly the adverse effects of deforestation and climate change.
Cocoa farmers in Ecuador receive their sustainability premiums
Our farmers in Ecuador recently received their premiums for implementing sustainable practices on their cocoa farms.
Enhancing Cocoa Sustainability
Last year, Vanessa Schielke, a student at the Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences completed her thesis on Sustainable Value Chains. Her research focused on the socio-economic and environmental factors that influence smallholders’ decision to adopt agroforestry practices. As a case study, she travelled to Ghana’s Ashanti region to analyse Beyond Bean’s agroforestry programmes and how they impact smallholder farmers. Vanessa has now completed her studies and joined Beyond Beans as an intern! To help us learn from her research, Vanessa has written an article explaining her findings, including the effectiveness of our agroforestry programmes and where improvements can be made.
The Logistics of Contemporary Cocoa
Welcome to the third part of our series explaining cocoa! The previous posts in this series explained the history of cacao and cocoa. This post will explain how the contemporary cocoa industry works.
Ecuador: Tropical Forests among Cacao Crops
Ecuador is an area of high biological diversity, fascinating landscapes, and impressive rainforests intermixed with agricultural land. The combination of nature and agriculture is only possible thanks to the commitment of Ecuador’s people and farmers. These farmers are supported by companies like ETG and our partners that are committed to the protecting environment and improving smallholder livelihoods.
A Very Short History of Cocoa
Understanding the history of cocoa is vital for not only shedding light on how cocoa came to be the commodity it is today, but also for comprehending the complex web of social, economic, and political circumstances which make designing and implementing sustainability projects in cocoa ever more complicated.
Cocoa: An Introduction (Part 1)
The cocoa industry is complex, sprawling, and often baffling. This series is aimed at providing a lay audience with an introduction to the world of cocoa, including how cocoa came to be the commodity it is today, the economics and logistics of the global cocoa trade, and what the cocoa industry needs to do to ensure its social and environmental sustainability.