2nd Ordinary Meeting Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana Cocoa Initiative Steering Committee Took place ln Accra
The agenda of the meeting focused on a presentation by the Executive Secretary of the Cocoa Initiative on the progress of the establishment of this new organization with key important points which are, the presentation and validation of the strategic vision, the approval of the International staff, and the establishment of the organs of the institution.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
The 2nd Ordinary Meeting of the Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana Cocoa Initiative Steering Committee took place in Accra on Friday 21 January 2022.
The meeting was attended by the two Ministers of Agriculture of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and the heads of the Cocoa Institutions of the respective countries, Mr. the DG of the Conseil Café-Cacao and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
The agenda of the meeting focused on a presentation by the Executive Secretary of the Cocoa Initiative on the progress of the establishment of this new organization with key important points which are, the presentation and validation of the strategic vision, the approval of the International staff, and the establishment of the organs of the institution.
The strategic vision of the Initiative gives a central place to the producer and his income.
I make the price obtained by the producer the key variable in the sustainability equation. Two years after the idea of the Living Income Differential (LID) was proposed, it confirms the relevance of supporting producer incomes through direct action on field prices.
This strategy calls for the creation of an economic pact, which, in line with the LID, affirms the political ambition of agreeing among stakeholders on a minimum export price trajectory, without which no decent field price trajectory can be envisaged.
This pact, as proposed by the Executive Secretary, responds to the vision of the Heads of State of the Initiative's member countries.
It embodies the ambition to join forces with the two largest producing countries in order to shape the future of a sector that has been subject to market forces for too long without taking into account the fundamental rights of producers.
Sustainable and remunerative cocoa is not the cocoa of today. This move upmarket has a price - a minimum price on which stakeholders must agree, and to which they must commit and be accountable.
