According to Reuters, the system will provide information both to manufacturers and consumers about where the cocoa beans came from and how they were transformed into chocolate.

This program also aims to help farmers get the deserved wage by implementing a new payment system.

The changes happen due to the pressures from the European Union regarding the ban of importing products linked to deforestation and human right abuses.

Yves Brahima Kone, head of the Cocoa and Coffee Council (CCC) said that "the objectives of our traceability system is to control the origins and the entire circuit of beans, fight against deforestation and pay the guaranteed price to farmers."

Ivory Coast is one of the most important cocoa producers, with a contribution of 40% of the global production and it was subject to criticism for using child labor in cocoa farms and even destroying important portions of forests from national parks to boost production.

"Now that we have a reliable database on all farmers, the geographic location, dimensions and GPS coordinates of their farms, we can trace the origin of beans from the plantations to close the loop", said the head of the CCC.