Before we dive into the details of this year, we’d like to share a little more about the cocoa farmers in the Tony’s Open Chain supply chain
The farmers who supply cocoa to Tony’s Open Chain are incredibly diverse.
In Côte d’Ivoire, they come from communities spanning Adzopé and Alépé in the East, to Bouaflé, Daloa, Zoukoujbeu and Duékoué in the West, and Soubré, Méagui, Guitry, Divo and Lakota in the South. In Ghana, they are spread across communities in Suhum, Ayensuano, Kukuom, Goaso, Asumura, and Kasapin.
Most farmers are between 47 and 53 years old and have families with 6 to 8 members.
Most of their farms are quite small, typically around 2.1 hectares in Côte d’Ivoire and 1.1 hectares in Ghana. That’s about the size of 2 to 3 standard sized football pitches. Our vision is a future where these cocoa farmers are enabled to earn at least a living income, where their children can go to school, learn and play, and where forests are protected. For some readers, it might be difficult to imagine what a farmer’s livelihood in cocoa looks like. We asked one of the farmers who delivered cocoa to Tony’s Open Chain in the 2024/25 season to share what a typical day in his life is like.
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Ending exploitation in cocoa together
Living income
Climate, environment & productivity
Human rights
Governance & finances
Interesting appendices
Scaling for change
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