High social and ecological standards for chocolate

(University of G ö ttingen) Worldwide demand for food from the tropics that meets higher environmental and social standards has risen sharply in recent years. Consumers often have to make ethically questionable decisions: products may be available through child labour, starvation wages or environmental destruction. Building on an interdisciplinary project in Peru, an international research team including G ö ttingen Univeristy published an overview on the transition to responsible, high-quality cocoa production. This 'Perspective' article appeared in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news