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# Paying the price of chocolate: Breaking cocoa farming's cycle of poverty
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/paying-the-price-of-chocolate-breaking-cocoa-farmings-cycle-of-poverty/
- Published: 2017-08-11T17:30:11.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-31T01:08:09.000Z
- Author: Clay Gordon
- Tags: Op Ed

Cocoa farmers receive just 3% of the retail price of a chocolate bar, according to Oxfam.

Many cocoa farmers live on less than $1.25 a day, below the threshold of absolute poverty, according to the World Bank.

“If we were to raise the price of a chocolate bar by 3% it would make a difference at farm level but it would not hit the consumers too hard,” said Jean-Marc Anga, executive director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO).

Originally published in Confectionery News on July 10, 2014 and updated on May 11, 2017\. [Read the full article here](http://www.confectionerynews.com/Commodities/Price-of-Chocolate-Breaking-poverty-cycle-in-cocoa-farming?ref=thechocolatelife.com).

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Comment by: Keith\_Ayoob

Posted on: Sep 02, 2017

I don’t know, but maybe better would be to help the farmer improve methods to reduce waste and crop losses.

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Comment by: Keith\_Ayoob

Posted on: Sep 02, 2017

I would, but first issue: what’s the guarantee that it goes to the farmer and not the “middleman”?

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Comment by: lafillefrancaise

Posted on: Aug 11, 2017

I would definitely pay more per bar of chocolate if it meant the farmers would get paid fairly.

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Comment by: DiscoverChoc

Posted on: Aug 11, 2017

What are your thoughts? How much more would you be willing to pay for chocolate — if you could be assured that the extra you paid made it all the way back to the farmer?