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Sustainable value chains North and South of Ghana

In 2022, The first field assignment of the year brought me to Ghana with a team coordinated by SOFRECO, to identify for the European Union relevant value chains for a new project in the North of the country. In addition, a more diplomatic mission was undertaken in the...

Devine qui vient dîner ce soir (film)

Devine qui vient dîner ce soir (film)

Guess who’s coming to dinner, film américain (USA) de 1967 (Devine qui vient dîner), avec le regretté Sydney Poitier, est un chef d’œuvre absolu. À voir et à revoir. C'est un film avec la structure d'une rigoureuse et parfaite d'une pièce de théâtre : unité de lieu...

In French Guyana, the emergence of sustainable French cocoa and chocolate

In French Guyana, the emergence of sustainable French cocoa and chocolate

In 2020 and 2021, Pierre Johnson coordinated a study for the development of a “sustainable cocoa and chocolate originating from French Guyana”, at the request of a corporate sponsor and the  Chamber of Agriculture of French Guyana. With Cesar Paz, creator of the Norandino cooperative in Peru, we met in early 2020 all the producers and actors likely to support this development. Gathered early November in a workshop for two days, current and prospective producers and their possible support shared their experiences and together built a vision for the future of a cocoa and chocolate of excellence, made in French Guyana and therefore in France. This article is a first assessment.

From plague to COVID-19: human health and ecosystems

From plague to COVID-19: human health and ecosystems

Human health and ecosystems: a relationship of  interdependency The current pandemic reminds us that human and ecosystems healths are closely linked. For decades, scientists, especially in the medical field, thought that it would one day be possible to control all...

Pierre W. Johnson


International consultant, study and sustainable development of natural products value chains. Specialist of markets of origin, quality and high value products. Expert on Access and Benefit Sharing.
Keynote speaker on transition to an ecological economy & society.

Member of the
International Value Links Association.

Associate expert to Tero.

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