Cote d'Ivoire: Cote D Ivoire: Ending the Worst Forms of Child Labour On Cocoa Farms

Oume — As pressure mounts in the United States for ethically produced chocolate, Cote d'Ivoire, the world's top cocoa producer, is working hard to roll back the use of child labour in its family-owned plantations.

Just days before the world's chocolate industry outlines a global plan to combat child labour on 1 July, Cote d'Ivoire's government has begun setting up 73 cocoa-field committees which are intended to stop farmers using children to do adult work.

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