Category Archives: Chocolate & Cacao

USAID Farmer to Farmer Ghana Assignment: Cocoa farmer financial record keeping & GAP

Posted on 09/20/2013 by M. A. Schweisguth

This summer, I had the good fortune to do another ACDI/VOCA Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignment. I evaluated financial record keeping, and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) adoption and cost-benefit, among Ghanaian cocoa farmers. It was a great experience that allowed me to … Continue reading →

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Thesis research: Cost-Benefit of Cacao Certification in Côte d’Ivoire

Posted on 08/06/2013 by M. A. Schweisguth

For the next six weeks, I’ll be in Côte d’Ivoire to conduct field surveys for my M.S. thesis/dissertation. Many thanks go to my advisor Rich Sexton, Ph D., Kaitlyn Smoot (recent UC Davis IAD/ARE M.S. graduate), and The World Agroforestry … Continue reading →

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Course paper: Oligopolies in the Cacao-chocolate Sector

Posted on 06/17/2013 by M. A. Schweisguth

If you’ve ever wondered about the market forces that get cacao from the farm to your chocolate bar, confection, beverage, etc… you might enjoy a short paper I wrote for my microeconomics course. It’s focused on oligopolies across the supply … Continue reading →

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