> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # TCL LIVE | Will There Be Cocoa Here? - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/tcl-live-will-there-be-cocoa-here/ - Published: 2023-10-02T22:12:37.000Z - Updated: 2023-10-03T21:10:23.000Z - Description: Episode 136 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE is LIVE from 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, October 3rd. - Author: TheChocolateWire - Tags: Live Stream, The Wire [Watch](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claygordon%5Fthechocolatelifelive-youtube-thechocolatewire-activity-7114733352041005056-TcqS?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop) and comment on my LinkedIn profile. [Watch](https://www.facebook.com/TheChocolateLife/) and comment on TheChocolateLife page on Facebook (live event). [TheChocolateWireThe Chocolate Wire is news/press/pr original content creation and aggregation service for the specialty/craft cocoa and chocolate industry. The Chocolate Wire’s mission is to promote the efforts of a diverse group of producers and makers around the world at low cost.![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/fc8159e8/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/ytc/AOPolaQ9kSeIOjDZdyL2TSGx-AGzORG6_AeFRgNz5_z6=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIN8M30NdPJ5WAl41g5VWWw?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Please subscribe to TheChocolateWire channel on YouTube. --- ### **Episode Overview** Chicago-based Corporate Accountability Lab recently released a report titled, ***There Will Be No More Cocoa Here: How Companies are Extracting the West African Cocoa Sector To Death.*** In this episode of TheChocolateLifeLIVE we’ll be taking a moderately deep dive into this report including the use of some interesting language, the key recommendations, the methodology used, threats, the conclusion, and more, including some context from other sources. Links below. --- ### Links [TCL LIVE | The High Co$t of CocoaEpisode 134 of #TheChocolateLifeLIVE is LIVE from 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT on Friday, September 22nd.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/12/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons.png)The Chocolate LifeTheChocolateWire![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2023/09/awv-RNAxh9CJq-M-unsplash-Featured1920x1080.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/tcl-live-the-high-cost-of-cocoa/) [Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally - MyJoyOnline.comSchmidt Agricola is a large agricultural company producing soybeans, corn and cotton in Bahia, Brazil, one of the country’s new-frontier agricultural areas fit for large-scale, high-tech farming. It recently added a new crop to its fields: cocoa.![](https://www.myjoyonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-cropped-myjoyonline-logo-2-1-270x270.png)MyJoyOnline.comAbubakar Ibrahim![](https://www.myjoyonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-29.png)](https://www.myjoyonline.com/farmers-plant-more-cocoa-outside-africa-as-prices-rally/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [Corporate Accountability LabCorporate Accountability Lab![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5810dda3e3df28ce37b58357/1581455963688-YB7D2VN8HS6WG7E69ZDD/favicon.ico?format=100w)Corporate Accountability LabHome![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5810dda3e3df28ce37b58357/t/5eb1d855a669dc495ba713d1/1599856569250/IMG_8454.JPG?format=1500w)](https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [Click to download the report](https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/s/There-Will-Be-No-More-Cocoa-Here-Final-Engligh-dff6.pdf?ref=thechocolatelife.com). [Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire - KIT Royal Tropical InstituteThe research covers issues such as household demographics, food security and nutrition, and crop choices and crop diversification. Specific to cocoa, the study investigates why households grow cocoa, and analyses the major aspects of cocoa production and marketing. Household wealth, income and pover…![](https://www.kit.nl/favicons/android-icon-192x192.png)KIT Royal Tropical Institute![](https://www.kit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cocoa-image-report-page.jpeg)](https://www.kit.nl/project/demystifying-cocoa-sector/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) ### Resources [ Ssi 2014 chapter 7Cocoa International Institute for Sustainable Development 2014 Cocoa Report ssi\_2014\_chapter\_7Cocoa.pdf 3 MB download-circle ](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2023/10/ssi%5F2014%5Fchapter%5F7Cocoa.pdf "Download") [ Ssi global market report cocoa2019 International Institute for Sustainable Development 2019 Cocoa Report ssi-global-market-report-cocoa2019.pdf 1 MB download-circle ](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2023/10/ssi-global-market-report-cocoa2019.pdf "Download") [Search the site | International Institute for Sustainable Development![](https://www.iisd.org/themes/custom/iisd/assets/favicon/android-icon-192x192.png)International Institute for Sustainable Development](https://www.iisd.org/search?keywords=cocoa&ref=thechocolatelife.com) IISD cocoa search page [World Chocolate Market is Expected to Grow at a Moderate Pace to $263B by 2030 – IndexBoxNEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report on the global chocolate market has just been published by IndexBox, a platform for collecting…![](https://www.globenewswire.com/Content/logo/favicon.ico)IndexBox, Inc.IndexBox, Inc.![](https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/6ac7d5fc-269c-472e-932c-70223dff20ce)](https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/12/16/2575678/0/en/World-Chocolate-Market-is-Expected-to-Grow-at-a-Moderate-Pace-to-263B-by-2030-IndexBox.html?ref=thechocolatelife.com) The source for some of the numbers in the CAL report. --- ### **Questions? 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