The cocoa industry, supplying the world's hunger for chocolate, is fraught with child labour problems and low commodity prices that leave a bad taste in the mouth of consumers and exacerbate poverty in developing countries.

Fairtrade chocolate, made from Fairtrade certified cocoa, offers a solution for small farmers and their dependents to break the cycle of poverty.

Learn more about the problems associated with chocolate and cocoa industry:

• Meet some of the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa farmers in Ghana, producing Fairtrade Certified cocoa, thanks to Divine Chocolate
• An article from the NZ Herald on cocoa and fair trade, Wed 12 March 2008
• Watch this story from Australian's Sunday Program on Channel 9 from Sunday 9 March 2008
• See this great site and guide to purchasing ethical chocolate in Australia (PDF) put together by World Vision Australia
• Read the UK Economist article on how African cocoa growers are taking a share of chocolate sales
• Watch a Reuters short piece on Kupua Kokoo
• A report on the tour, during Fair Trade Fornight 2006, of Agnes and Erica from Kupua Kokoo, a Fairtrade certified cocoa producing cooperative in Ghana
• Read some recent (July 06) good news about Kuapa Kokoo and Divine Chocolate
• An article by Steve Knapp, FTAANZ director, for the Just Change publication in NZ'
• Click here to see Linda Broom speaking on New Zealand TV about Fairtrade cocoa and the cocoa industry