P&A/CocoaAction Brasil Photo: Gabriel Metz eCacaoS
The recently launched, industry-commissioned report “Panorama of Cocoa Cultivation in the Southern Coastal Territory of Bahia” analyzes sustainability issues in Brazil’s South Bahia territory. It is the only study over the past 20 years that details the everyday lives and realities of the typical cocoa grower in South Bahia. The detailed findings cover social, economic, and environmental aspects of cocoa growing, including living and working conditions, the household and its members, agricultural practices, growers’ incomes, technical assistance, access to credit, and more.
The findings are from a sample of
2,443 smallholder farmers in