Beyond Chocolate

Pilot Project in
Cote d’Ivoire

Abdulahi Aliyu
ADP Meeting, Jakarta
A nimble and agile network

5
regional
offices

220
colleagues
The partnership

To bring the concept

of living income to
reality for cocoa
farmers in
Cote d’Ivoire
Beyond Chocolate Living Income Project

6 components
West Africa
Côte Productivity
d’ivoire
Quality

Diversification

San-Pedro region Access to

BC Living Income Project finance
Agroforestry
3-year Project with consortium 7P
2 Communities
Price
102 direct hh Beneficiaries
i.e 1,015 people
Productivity improvement
• Rehabilitation and intensification
of cocoa farms
• Local production of manure or
compost
• Access to professionalized labor
services
• Employment opportunities for
youth
 Quality improvement :

• Construction of fermentation and drying centers

• Training of women and youth as managers of

centers

• Training of farmers on harvest ands post-harvest

handling of cocoa
Income diversification
Facilitating access to finance
• Mobilized cocoa farmers into Village Savings

and Loans Associations

• Introduced farmers into the culture of

savings and loans

• Provided financial literacy to cocoa farmers

• Linked farmers to formal financial

institutions
Agroforestry
 Price: Towards a Living Income
Living income line

Living income compensation

premium

GAP to LIRP Chocolate Bonus

Quality premium

Fair Trade
Minimum price

Official Farmgate
price
(set by CCC every Oct
1st)
In a nutshell, our model is
THANK YOU !

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