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28 November 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 12:07 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Children have to use machetes for their work on the cocoa plantations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Global food giant Nestle says it has taken a major step to end child labour on cocoa farms supplying its factories.<\/p>\n

The firm, one of the world’s largest chocolate producers, says it is going to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) on tackling the problem.<\/p>\n

The FLA is set to examine Nestle’s cocoa supply chains in Ivory Coast in January, the firm said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Critics ask why it has taken Nestle so long to act if it knew children were involved in its cocoa production.<\/p>\n

Nestle and the world’s other biggest chocolate producers signed a cocoa protocol – an international commitment to end child labour in the cocoa industry – 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a report commissioned by the US government<\/a> found that the chocolate industry’s funding since 2001 had “not been sufficient” and it needed to do more.<\/p>\n

Nestle, in its statement<\/a>, said the “cocoa supply chain is long and complex” – making it “difficult for food companies to establish exactly where their cocoa comes from and under what conditions it was harvested”.<\/p>\n

The firm said the FLA would send a team of independent examiners to Ivory Coast – where Nestle buys most of its cocoa – to map the supply chain.<\/p>\n

The results of its assessment will be published next year and will guide future operations there, the firm said.<\/p>\n

“Child labour has no place in our supply chain,” said senior Nestle executive Jose Lopez.<\/p>\n

“We cannot solve the problem on our own, but by working with a partner like the FLA we can make sure our efforts to address it are targeted where they are needed most”.<\/p>\n

‘Moral obligation’<\/span><\/p>\n

The US government-backed report by Tulane University, published in March, found that more than 1.8 million children in West Africa were involved in growing cocoa.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the BBC’s Humphrey Hawksley travelled to Ivory Coast and found children using machetes to hack open cocoa pods to extract the beans.<\/p>\n

One boy told him that he had been sent by his father to the farm to work, and had not seen his family for three years.<\/p>\n

Gilbert Kone Kafana, Ivory Coast’s minister for labour and social affairs, said there was a “moral obligation” on chocolate companies to help rebuild the country ravaged by years of civil war.<\/p>\n

“We need to build roads, schools, hospitals and social centres; anything that would allow Ivory Coast to progress,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“This development is necessary for farmers to have a good life, and it is in the interest of the industry to work with us.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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