WP1: Governance Structures

Responsibility: Prof. Dr. Andrea Lenschow
Collaboration: Prof. Dr. Martin Franz, Miles Yannik Ahlemann, M. A.

The first work package (WP1) investigates the various forms of governance that define each agent’s legal scope of action within Ghana’s cocoa production network. The purpose of this part of our research is to clarify each stakeholder’s room for maneuver within the production network and to pinpoint opportunities for them to increase the social and ecological sustainability of their respective actions.
More specifically, we intend to provide each group of agents with information as to how they can reduce the negative externalities in their engagement with Ghana’s cocoa sector, enhance the ecological and social footprint of their economic activities and minimize the risk of negative public attention as well as to enable them to mitigate the long-term adjustment cost of reorganizing their activities towards more sustainable sourcing, production and processing practices.
Finally, we aim to support all agents in their engagement with Ghana’s cocoa sector by advancing their knowledge and understanding of the sector in general, and their role therein in particular.