CHILD LABOUR IN

COCOA INDUSTRY
INTRODUCTION
The widespread use of children in cocoa production is controversial,
not only for the concerns about child labour and exploitation, but also
because, as of 2015, up to 19,000 children working in Cocoa, the world's
biggest producer of cocoa may have been victims
of trafficking or slavery. Most attention on this subject has focused
on West Africa, which collectively supplies 69 percent of the world's
cocoa, and Côte d'Ivoire in particular, which supplies 35 percent of the
world's cocoa. Thirty percent of children under age 15 in sub-Saharan
Africa are child labourers, mostly in agricultural activities including
cocoa farming. It is estimated that more than 1.8 million children in West
Africa are involved in growing cocoa. Major chocolate producers, such
as Nestle, buy cocoa at commodities exchanges where Ivorian cocoa is
mixed with other cocoa. In 2013-2014, an estimated 1.4 million children
aged 5 years old to 11 years old worked in agriculture in cocoa-growing
areas, approximately 800,000 of them engaged in hazardous work,
including working with sharp tools and agricultural chemicals and
carrying heavy loads
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