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Ethical sourcing of cocoa beans, from rural communities of producing countries like Ghana, by chocolate confectionery companies still remains a major challenge. This is because the upstream of the supply chain is characterized by deforestation, child and/or forced labour. To address these challenges two main regulatory policies have been recently implemented by the EU, EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). On the contrary, the main causes of these challenges from the perspective of farmers and some researchers hinge on fair prices to offset laborious farm activities and the high cost of cocoa farm inputs. Also, due to the predominant small/ scale nature of the cocoa landscape, it is very challenging to commercialize the sector.
Ethical Sourcing and Sustainable Agri Contractors Limited (ESSAC) is on a mission to create an “agri-sustainability service model” tailored to meet both international market standards and the Ghanaian cocoa farming landscape.
Job Description
Role/Position: Farm Service Operator (FSO)
Worker Type: Manual farm work
Contract type: Fixed-term contract (12 months)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Annual Leave: 1 month
Location: Amenfi Central Municipality, Western Region-Ghana
Duties: As a Farm Service Operator on our management team, you will be carrying out Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) on cocoa farms in Amenfi Central District in the Western Region of Ghana during this contractual period. You will be required to work in groups for some farm operations such as harvesting, spraying, etc. when there is a need.
Person specification:
- Must be of age 18 years and above
- Must be a Ghanaian
- Experience working on cocoa farmlands
- Willing to relocate to cocoa farming communities in the Western Region of Ghana.