Last but not least, several government initiatives have emerged over the past decade to ask consuming countries to take more responsibility for the sustainability of their cocoa supply chain and also to support cooperative organizations (ICCO, 2012). Corresponding to a sustainable cocoa supply chain, among the actions of each government initiative are the following: • The European Union is considered the largest consumer of cocoa globally, therefore it has announced its concerns and invited its States members to increase their responsibility towards a sustainable cocoa supply chain ( European Parliament, 2012).• The Dutch government, in collaboration with large private sector players, NGOs and development organizations, signed a letter of intent in 2010. That letter states that by 2025 the Netherlands will have 100% guaranteed sustainable cocoa consumption. It should be mentioned that the Netherlands is responsible for 25% of all global cocoa processing (IDH, 2010). • The German government, together with the private sector, civil society and development cooperation, launched the Sustainable Cocoa Forum in June 2012, with the aim of increasing the amount of sustainable cocoa produced in countries such as Ghana and Ivory Coast . Furthermore, it will improve the livelihood of small farmers. Germany holds 12.4% of the world's cultivated cocoa (FMA and FMD, 2012). First, there are multi-stakeholder initiatives willing to promote sustainability in the cocoa supply chain. Typically, a variety of members from the private sector, NGOs, governments, certification systems and development agencies, initiate multi-stakeholder initiatives and work together to change existing negative practices in the cocoa sector (ICCO... half of paper...). ....g is therefore important to increase production and reduce pests and diseases. Consequently, pruning leads to reducing pests and diseases and therefore increasing production. On the other hand, very tall trees with many branches attract rats and squirrels. Black pod disease spreads quickly in the hot, humid atmosphere found in cocoa plantations that are not pruned. Additionally, there are often more diseased and dead pods on unpruned farms, where disease can survive unnecessary branches and allows more light and wind to pass through the branches, reducing pest and disease levels. If pruning is not done, the pod harvesting procedure becomes more difficult due to the height of the tree. On the contrary, a cocoa farmer will get much more profit from his farm if he harvests all the pods regularly.