Every bunny counts

(Image: Pixabay CC0) - Many cocoa farmers live in poverty - yet the fairly traded chocolate bunny often stays on the shelves. We should pay more attention to origin when buying chocolate, believes Isabel Günther. Easter is chocolate time. About half of the sought-after chocolate Easter bunny consists of cocoa beans. More than 70 percent of the cocoa beans consumed worldwide are produced in only four West African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. We've all heard about the precarious living conditions of cocoa farmers and their children: an estimated two million children still work on cocoa fields in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana alone. You may also have read that cocoa farmers in these countries often receive less than five percent of the price we pay for chocolate in Switzerland.¹ - Fairly traded, but not much in demand .