THE COCOA SNAPSHOT
17/18 MID-YEAR REVIEW

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

The Cocoa Horizons Foundation’s mission is to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers
and their communities through the promotion of sustainable, entrepreneurial farming,
improved productivity and community development.
This snapshot includes mid-year* updates for three of our partner countries - Cote d’Ivoire,
Ghana and Cameroon. Our program in Tanzania is run as a special project and is notincluded in this report.
*activities from September 2017 through February 2018; interim results only, year-end
performance will be third party verified by PwC.

SCALING IMPACT AND DRIVING CHANGE THROUGHPRODUCTIVITY AND COMMUNITY 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;
Activities that target the cocoa productivityand production;
Activities that target community development; andTransparency of premium flows.

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

FARMER GROUPS
Supplier CodeThe Cocoa Horizons
Convention

92 farmer groups (19 new this year)
delivered Horizons cocoa, a 12%
increase from previous year.
Of the 107,922 Cocoa Horizons
registered farmers, 71,768 (up 19%from 16/17) actively delivered Horizons
cocoa this year.
21,259 in Côte d'Ivoire
45,371 in Ghana
5,138 in Cameroon

The Child Labor Charter
A Declaration that cocoa is
not and will not be sourced
from protected forests
Cameroon

TRACEABILITY
OF COCOA:

69,692MT of Horizons cocoa delivered, up
57% from the mid-year 16/17 season
22,839MT in Côte d'Ivoire
41,119MT in Ghana
5,734 in Cameroon
All Horizons cocoa is traced from farmer tofirst Barry Callebaut buying sites. From there,
it is traced following mass balance principles.

FARMER GROUP AND
FARMER TRAINING:

The Cocoa Horizons training curriculum includes modules onGAP, child labor & social issues, environmental protection,
health & safety, transparency & responsibility, andentrepreneurship & adult education.
83,074 farmers have been trained
34,232 in Côte d'Ivoire
45,821 in Ghana
3,021 in Cameroon
379 Farmer Trainers were accredited, bringing total to 613328 in Côte d'Ivoire
23 in Ghana
28 in Cameroon

PRODUCTIVITY
250ha replanted with cocoa and diverse shade trees, bringing total to 426ha replanted
5,020 farmers mapped: 4,438 in Côte d'Ivoire and 582 in Cameroon; in total, 21,282 (20%)
COH farmers have been mapped
37 demonstration plots developed in Ghana, up 42% from 16/17. Ongoing in Côte d'Ivoire
919,462 seedlings distributed in Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire is ongoing.
62 community professionals accredited in a specialty (pruners, nurserists, sprayers)
Ongoing in Côte d'Ivoire
27 in Ghana
35 in Cameroon
4,747 farmer group members, together with coaches, established Farm Business
Plans (FBPs) in Côte d'Ivoire
Of these, 3,888 had access to productivity packages (coaching, inputs such as
tools and seedlings, or finance)
2,538 in Côte d'Ivoire
1,350 in Ghana

COMMUNITY:
10,991 community members sensitized on child labor in Côte d'Ivoire, a40% increase from 16/17
22 communities in Côte d'Ivoire, up from 6 communities in 16/17,
reached by the Cocoa Horizons truck

Education Activities

Child Labor Monitoringand Remediation(Côte d'Ivoire only, Ghana available in year-end report)(Ghana information available in year-end report)
Côte d'Ivoire
1 school with 6 classrooms completed*
1 borehole installed*
600 school kits distributed
Cameroon
3 classrooms renovated and equipped with desks* Special projects completed with customers

Women’s Empowerment
22,356 women are Cocoa Horizons registered farmers,
approximately 21% of total registered farmers; this isa 95% increase from the previous year
6,737 in Côte d'Ivoire (2,724 in 16/17)
14,869 in Ghana (8,810 in 16/17)approximately 750 in Cameroon
181 women are in governance positions within
Cocoa Horizons Farmer Groups, up 37%
74 in Côte d'Ivoire
107 in Ghana
Cameroon data available inyear-end report
60 women became agroforestry trainers(training still ongoing), bringing cumulative
total to 488 women

1,652 farmers and household members participated, bringing the total to2,793 COH farmers in Côte d'Ivoire

TESTIMONIALSJUSTICE
Community Coordinator,
Ashanti Bekwai, Ghana“The mapping of my farm helped
me to understand how big my farmis and therefore how much input
and time I need to spend cultivating
my cocoa crop.”

APPIAH KAGYAi
Cocoa farmer, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Has a 1.25 hectare cocoa farm, and is currently expanding hisfarm by cultivating an additional 0.80 hectares. Previous
challenges he faced as a cocoa farmer were lack of services toimprove methods of cultivation, lack of access to high yielding
cocoa seedlings, and the occurrence of insect and fungal
infestation.

“As a Cocoa Horizons farmer in Ghana, I
have realized numerous benefits. I receive
access to a productivity package, andregular services and trainings on cocoa
production, such as nursery establishment
and management, pruning and shademanagement, weed management,
integrated pest management, prevention of
cocoa diseases and assessment of cocoaquality. I have also received training on childlabor in cocoa production which haschanged my view on the way children areengaged on farms and the kinds of activities
they are made to undertake."“Additionally, I generate income fromother sources, such as the raising ofchickens on a small scale. I have received
additional training by the technicalofficers of Cocoa Horizons on treating andusing waste material to fertilize my farm,saving me money that I put toward mychildren's schooling."