And there are almost 2 million of them; the two countries are the world’s largest cocoa producers, supplying two-thirds of the global supply. Cocoa is the primary perennial crop in both places.

Mars, the chocolate giant that makes M&Ms and Snickers, uses cocoa that is harvested by children as young as five years old in Ghana, according to a bombshell report. An unidentified whistleblower ...

Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds 06:49. In the blistering heat, CBS News found children in Ghana as young as 5 years old using machetes nearly ...

The industry group said companies can now trace or locate the origin of 74% of the beans in their direct supply chain in top cocoa producer Ivory Coast, and 82% of their directly sourced beans in ...

The chocolate industry has a dark side: almost 1.6 million children work -- illegally -- in the cocoa growing regions of Ghana and Ivory Coast. Tony’s Chocoloneley, a quirky but popular ...

This middle space of the supply chain is where most of the profit lives. And that’s where the change needs to happen, the Cocoa Barometer argues. The other approaches haven’t worked.

U.S Customs and Border Protection officials are investigating whether to block cocoa imports from Ivory Coast, the world's largest supplier, because it depends on hundreds of thousands of child ...

Nestlé has launched an initiative that promises to help bridge the living income gap for cocoa farmers in its supply chain. With a focus on productivity, resilience, diversification and access to ...

Workers in Côte d'Ivoire extract and wash cocoa beans in order to dry them. Image Credit: ... Addressing income disparities within the Fairtrade supply chain is no simple matter.