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Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

Schneider, M., C. Winchester, E. Goldman, and Y. Shao. 2023. “Mapping cocoa and assessing deforestation risk for the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.” Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at: [doi.org/10.46830/writn.21.00011](https://www.wri.org/research/mapping-cocoa-assessing-deforestation-risk-cocoa-cote-divoire-ghana).

West Africa Cocoa Plot Heat Map

World Resources Institute

English

The West Africa Cocoa dataset (WAC) is a database of mapped cocoa plots in the direct supply chains of 19 cocoa and chocolate companies operating in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. WAC plots are represented by polygons, drawn by connecting coordinates collected in person along the boundary of a plot. A plot is distinct from a cocoa farm in that a plot may be a subset of the entire farm. <br>To create the WAC, the World Resources Institute developed data sharing and collation protocols. These outlined the requirements for data contributed and the procedure for cleaning and aggregating all data received. As part of this process, a legal and ethics review was carried out to minimize unintended consequences for farmers and ensure alignment with data privacy laws in West Africa. To make the WAC a public good, the polygons have been summarized on Global Forest Watch as a cocoa plot density map which shows the distribution of the original polygon data but does not show the precise boundaries of each plot in the dataset. <br>Contributors to the WAC were required to submit single-part polygon features which represented the location of an active plot in 2021. Individual company datasets were first cleaned and then aggregated to identify unique cocoa plots. In total, 840,000 cocoa plots were identified, covering a land area of approximately 1.5 million hectares. This data was a key input for developing a complementary method of assessing deforestation risk: The [Cocoa Deforestation Risk Assessment](https://data.globalforestwatch.org/documents/gfw::cocoa-deforestation-risk-assessment/about). Both products are the result of an unprecedented collaboration between the World Resources Institute, World Cocoa Foundation, and 19 cocoa and chocolate companies.

Displays the density of mapped cocoa plots across Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in 2021

- This map layer is derived from the West Africa Cocoa dataset, a database of mapped cocoa plot polygons in the direct supply chains of 19 cocoa and chocolate companies. Due to data privacy concerns, the original polygons are not publicly available. <br>- The West Africa Cocoa dataset does not capture the entire extent of cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana; just the extent of cocoa that has been mapped by the 19 cocoa and chocolate companies who contributed their data. <br><br><br>

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https://www.wri.org/research/mapping-cocoa-assessing-deforestation-risk-cocoa-cote-divoire-ghana

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