ASSESSMENT OF COCOA BUYING COMPANIES IN GHANA

SEND GHANA conducted an assessment of the performance of human rights, living income, environmental diligence and gender rights and women farmers’ support (HLEG) of cocoa purchasing companies was undertaken in the Asene-Manso-Akroso and Agona East districts of Ghana. The study had two components: (1) an assessment of HLEG performance based on a random sampling survey of 105 cocoa farmers and (2) a qualitative analysis involving in-depth interviews of 16 elite persons with considerable knowledge of the cocoa industry in the two districts. These elite persons included five purchasing clerks and a District Director of cocoa purchasing companies.