Women in cocoa farming

Oxfam has urged major chocolate manufacturers to look at the conditions faced by women in the cocoa farming community. Mars’ private consultation found that its Vision for Change cocoa initiative was reaching some women, but more needed to be done. One of the recommendations from the report was that the company hire female technicians at cocoa development centres and train cocoa sustainability managers in gender and agriculture issues. Mars plans to incorporate the report’s recommendations into its Vision for Change programme and develop a full gender outreach plan by April 2014. Read More