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Tony s Chocolonely, the chocolate producer striving for 100% slave-free chocolate, says it pays more for cocoa from Africa than any other producer. But is that claim true?
Living income We are far from perfect yet, but nobody in the market pays more for a kilo of cocoa than we do, said Henk Jan Beltman of the ethical chocolatier Tony s Chocolonely this week in a comment to the annual figures. Belinda Torres Leclercq of
Oxfam Belgium responds that this statement is not entirely correct.
How much a company pays a farmer per kilo of cocoa is receiving more and more attention, and that is a very favourable development. Companies that commit themselves to a living income for farmers are also expected to pay livable prices . That price should enable the average farmer (with an average size of plantation, achievable productivity, average spending, .) to lead a dignified life, she says.