18/19 YEAR REVIEW

Bringing you news and updates about the Cocoa Horizons Program from around the world.

The mission of the Cocoa Horizons Foundation is to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers andtheir communities through the promotion of sustainable, entrepreneurial farming, improved
productivity, and community development, which protect nature and children.
This snapshot includes third party verified end-of-year* updates for three of our partner countries –Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon. In 2019, the Cocoa Horizons program has been extended toBrazil, starting with the recruitment of farmers, data collection and FBP process.
*Fiscal year ending 31st August 2019SCALING IMPACT AND DRIVING CHANGE THROUGHPRODUCTIVITY, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTIVITIESTHE COCOA HORIZONSPROGRAM COVERS:

Farmer Group and Group Member requirements
Traceability of cocoa from Farmer to Barry Callebaut buying site
Farmer Group and Farmer Training
Targeted cocoa productivity interventions
Targeted community interventions
Targeted environmental interventions
Transparency of premium flows

FARMER GROUP AND GROUPMEMBER REQUIREMENTS:
100% of farmer groups respect and sign:

FARMER GROUPS
Supplier CodeTHE PROGRAM
REACHES:The Cocoa Horizons
Convention
The Child Labor Charter

Globally 151 farmer groups (24 new) delivered Horizons cocoa, a 64%
increase from previous year.
Of the 135,115 Cocoa Horizons registered farmers, 85,089 (up 14% from17/18) actively delivered Horizons cocoa this year:

28,345 in Côte d’Ivoire
52,646 in Ghana
3,940 in Cameroon
158 in Brazil

A Declaration that cocoa is
not and will not be sourced
from protected forests

TRACEABILITY
OF COCOA
BEANS:

89,445 MT of Horizons cocoa beans delivered(up 24% from the 17/18 season)

40,078 MT in Côte d’Ivoire
39,814 MT in Ghana
8,516 MT in Cameroon
1,037 MT in Brazil
All Horizons Cocoa is traced from farmer tofirst Barry Callebaut buying sites. From
there, it follows mass balance principles.

FARMER GROUP AND
FARMER TRAINING:

This year, Cocoa Horizons started a farmer training graduation system
to evaluate training outcomes and knowledge retention of farmers.
All farmer groups and farmer trainers have been trained
88,495 farmers trained, up 3% from the 17/18 season

32,487 in Côte d’Ivoire
51,716 in Ghana
4,292 in Cameroon

16,952 Farmers graduated from Cocoa Horizons training(Ivory Coast only; Ghana and Cameroon coming next year
following agronomic calendar).
63% of farmers passed the test.

PROSPERINGFARMERS

9,923 farmers in Ivory Coast have access to farm services. A
sample of these farmers indicates that:36% have access to planting material

9,920 farmers had access to a Farm Business Plan inWest Africa funded by Cocoa Horizons. This represents anincrease of 202% compared to prior year.

78% have access to fertilizer
27% found adopting soil replenishment
47% found adopting soil health management

Cocoa Horizons distributed 8,726 productivity packages(coaching, inputs such as tools and seedlings, or finance),
up 153% from the 18/19 season:

8% had rehabilitated at least 3% of their cocoa farms withimproved planting materials
5% had adopted pruning and more than 3 GAPs

777,821 cocoa seedlings distributed (in Ghana and Brazil)
138,468 farms mapped (increase of 149%)
A pilot for income generating activities was successfully
implemented and key learnings will be rolled out

21,661 farmers in Ghana have access to farm services. A sampleof these farmers indicates that:
28% had access to planting materials
45% had access to fertilizer
19% found adopting soil replenishment
39% found adopting soil health management
14% had rehabilitated at least 3% of their cocoa farms withimproved planting materials
2% had adopted pruning and more than 3 GAPsCOMMUNITY:

56 communities in Côte d'Ivoire reached by the Cocoa Horizons
truck providing services such as education on child protection,
medical check-ups and community engagement.
27,247 community members sensitized on child labor in Côted'Ivoire (up 31% from the 17/18 season)

Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation
System (CLMRS) - Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
While a new approach focused on prevention is currently being tested as apilot, the program expanded the scope of CLMRS in West Africa
16,710 farmers have been interviewed (up 26% from the 17/18 season)
3,867 cases of child labor were identified (up 25% from the 17/18 season,aligned with the number of households surveyed)
2,333 child labor cases are in the process of being remediated

Women’s Empowerment
23,366 women are Cocoa Horizons registered farmers (up 26%
from the 17/18 season), approximately 21% of total:

3,072 in Côte d’Ivoire
19,185 in Ghana
1,087 in Cameroon

205 women are in governance positions within Cocoa
Horizons Farmer Groups:

84 in Côte d’Ivoire
108 in Ghana
9 in Cameroon

ENVIRONMENT:
Environmental criteria have been included for the first time in
the program methodology in FY 18/19.
Cocoa Horizons training program included a new module onenvironmental protection.
74,571 farmers trained on the environment module:
21,491 in Côte d’Ivoire
51,432 in Ghana
1,648 in Cameroon
602,948 shade trees distributed, up 62% from the 17/18
season:187,948 in Côte d’Ivoire
415,000 in Ghana

(in CHF)

COCOA HORIZONSPREMIUM DISTRIBUTION:

Cocoa Horizons Program Income
Horizons Program contributions

2018/201914,749,812

COCOA HORIZONS PROGRAM EXPENSES
Farmer and farmer organization
premium

2,950,492

Productivity expenses

5,349,839

Community expenses

1,655,666

Environmental expenses

549,796

Administrative expenses

1,497,938

The above is an extract from the Foundation’s annual regulatory return. The
Foundation’s financial audit is performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Switzerland.
Supplementary program income less expenses carried over to next Fiscal year.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE, GHANA, CAMEROON, BRAZIL

100% of the farmers who delivered Horizons cocoa havereceived the Cocoa Horizons Premium

All of the information contained above was verified by PwC. The
performance indicators in this Snapshot (except those marked withan *) represent extracts from the Cocoa Horizons Foundation Update
Report for the year ended 31 August 2019, for which
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) were appointed to provide
independent assurance. PwC performed an assurance engagement inaccordance with the International Standard on Assurance
Engagements 3000 (Revised), the scope of which was to provide
limited assurance over the KPIs contained within the Update Report.
The Update Report, and PwC's Limited Assurance Report, can be foundat https://www.cocoahorizons.org/reports.

FARMERTESTIMONIALSGHANACAMEROONJAKABU
Cocoa Horizons has helped me become a better cocoa farmer.
The program helped me have access to the right productivity
inputs such as fertilizer and taught me when to apply them. I
learned better pruning techniques. These inputs helped meachieve higher yields on my farm which means more money inmy pocket. This allows me take good care of my family.

MARTINI attended a Cocoa Horizons training as part of the Cocoapreneur project. I hesitated a lot to register, but with theadvice of the trainer and the head of my Farmer Group, Iregistered. Today I am very satisfied with my improved
harvest and I’m very happy to have participated.

“Cocoa Horizons has helped me become abetter cocoa farmer”

CÔTE D’IVOIREOutraThe Cocoa Horizons program allowed me to receive shadetrees. I have been trained on the benefits of having shadetrees in my farm. And I realized that it was a mistake to cut
down all the trees at the creation of my farm. Now I know
shade trees play an important role in reducing erosion andmoderating the climate. Then I decided to plant the trees in
my field but I didn’t know how to get it.
Thanks to Cocoa Horizons program, I received and planted 64
shade trees in my farm. In the future, they will protect mycocoa plants