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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Swiss food giant has enrolled 11,000 farming households in the leading agricultural region of Cote d’Ivoire in a program that pays farmers $535 in bonuses, and is expanding the program to neighboring Ghana.<\/b><\/p>\n

Although Swiss Nestle is expanding a program to increase the incomes of poor African farmers, wages are still well below the workers’ needs, media reported.<\/p>\n

“Those in the program still earn almost $3,000 a year below the amount of just over $7,500 that\u2019s needed to live a decent life \u2014 a gap highlighting a systemic challenge for the cocoa industry,” the outlet said.<\/p>\n

For cocoa producers not participating in the program, the difference was reported to be nearly $4,000.<\/p>\n

The program offers a bonus of up to $535 annually to participating families who fulfill certain criteria, such as ensuring their children attend school regularly and adopting high-quality farming practices like effective pruning.<\/p>\n

A legacy of low farm wages is preventing West African producers from investing in plantations, making it harder to cope with extreme weather and crop disease, and risking a supply crisis like the one that sent prices soaring to record highs this year, media said.<\/p>\n

“An issue is that farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana miss out on most of the benefits of surging cocoa prices,” the outlet added.<\/p>\n

Nestle aims to expand its income accelerator program to Ghana, targeting a total of 30,000 families this year. The company envisions reaching 160,000 households across its global cocoa supply chain by 2030.In mid-March, the exchange value of cocoa beans in the world reached a new peak of $11,000 per tonne, which is twice as much as the record set in 1977.<\/p>\n

The International Cocoa Organization reported in January that the two-year global cocoa bean deficit will continue into 2024, while shipping difficulties in the Red Sea will support the current trend of rising prices for the commodity.<\/p>\n

The increase in cocoa prices is also due to low yields in West Africa, where approximately 70% of the world’s cocoa is grown. The low yields are caused by the El Nin\u0303o weather phenomenon, an above-average sea surface temperature in the Pacific Ocean that affects global climate conditions, causing higher temperatures and heavy rainfall in the region.<\/p>\n

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