THE COCOA SNAPSHOT
15/16 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 andtheir communities through the promotion of sustainable, entrepreneurial farming, improved
productivity and community development.
This snapshot includes third party verified end-of-year* updates for two of our partner countries- Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, as well as impact from our special project activities in Tanzania.
*Fiscal year ending 31st August 2016SCALING IMPACT AND DRIVING CHANGE THROUGHPRODUCTIVITY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Farmer Group and Group Member requirements;

THE COCOA HORIZONSPROGRAM COVERS:

Traceability of cocoa from farmers to the factory gate;
Farmer Group and Farmer Training;
Activities that target cocoa productivity and production;

COMMUNITY
Education
Child Protection

Activities that target community development; andWomen’s
Empowerment

Transparency of premium flows.

HealthPRODUCTIVITY
Farmer Training
Farmer Support

Farmer Financing

COUNTRY UPDATESCÔTE D’IVOIRE AND GHANA

September 2015 - August 2016

100% of Group Members signed the Cocoa Horizons contract
66 farmer groups have delivered Horizons cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire
and in Ghana.
The total number of farmers delivering Horizons cocoa has
increased to 35,720 in total, including the 10,250 registered farmers
who have joined our program in Ghana.
All new farmer groups are required to sign the Supplier Code, theCocoa Horizons Convention, the Child Labor Charter, and theDeclaration on Protected Forests.

TRACEABILITY
In June 2016, Barry Callebaut announced the launch of a
traceability & data collection system called “Katchilè,” incollaboration with SAP. This effectively traces the origin of thecocoa, monitors our activities and measures the impact of theCocoa Horizons program on farmers and their communities.
38,097 tonnes of Horizons Cocoa was delivered from
Côte D’Ivoire and 4,493 tonnes from Ghana.
More than 300 people have been trained in the useof Katchilè.
More than 7,000 questionnaires coveringsocio-economic topics were completed (as of 31
November 2016) at household and farm levels,
including child labor monitoring.

PRODUCTIVITY
Previously, farmer training alone has not resulted in high adoption
rates of best practices and a subsequent increase in productivity.
Therefore, the following key changes are being implemented :1

An accreditation process for Cocoa
Horizons Farmer trainers that comprises
a qualification and evaluation step;
Piloted with 203 farmer trainers.

2

The provision of greater Farmer Support, e.g.
facilitating access to tools and inputs forselected farmers;
88 demonstration plots have been
established in Côte d’Ivoire.
In Côte d’Ivoire a total of 28 nurseries havebeen established resulting in thedistribution of 324,109 cocoa seedlings.
Spraying equipment is provided to safely
apply any necessary crop protection.
Throughout the agronomic calendar, thefarmer is visited 5 times per year on a 1:1
basis by a coach funded by the Cocoa
Horizons Foundation.
Replacing old with young cocoa trees is a key
measure to sustainably increase
productivity, and for this farmers needaccess to high quality seedlings of the best
available variety.

3

Accessibility to loans and savings
accounts for selected cocoa farmers tocatalyze the ability to increase theirproductivity;
1,032 farmers in Côte d’Ivoire wereprovided with productivity packages
on credit. To receive the productivity
package on credit, farmers are
assisted in opening a bank accountwhere they are required to save partof the package value up-front.

BANK

GHANAAll farmer groups and farmer trainers have been trained
Average attendance rate of 98% per training course heldin the fiscal year
100% of Farmer Group Members attended at least one
training course in the fiscal year

COTE D’IVOIRE

203 farmer trainers received specific training
Overall, 71 farmer trainers passed with anaverage of 60% on the evaluation test and>50% in the individual tests
All farmer groups and farmer trainers havebeen trained

Average attendance rate of 40% per training
course held in the fiscal year

TANZANIA SPECIAL PROJECT

81% of farmers attended at least one
training session
19% of farmers attended no training courses
in the fiscal year

15 demonstration plots identified
Supplied pruning tools: 350 clippers and 400 saws

4,350 farmers opened savings accountduring the fiscal year, the first step required
to access the productivity package
A sample of 242 Farmer Group Members
were visited as part of a pilot observation
exercise performed by the Foundation inOctober and November 2016, and it wasidentified that, of the 242 Farmer Group
Members visited:
38% were found to have access toplanting material;
81% were found to have access to fertilizer;
60% were found to have applied soil
fertility management; and26% were found to have rehabilitatedtheir cocoa farms.

90 Villages coordinators, 30 staff and 15 lead farmers
were sensitized on Cocoa Horizons Standards (CHS)
12 CHS modules developed to train farmers
3 nurseries established producing 111,555 cocoa seedlings

COMMUNITY

CHILD PROTECTION

Since 2014/15, efforts have been increased on the elimination ofchild labor. A Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System(CLMRS) pilot project was designed and launched in the 2015/16
fiscal year together with the International Cocoa Initiative (anorganization, established in 2002, which promotes childprotection in cocoa-growing communities).
3,985 farmers and household members participated in interviews
and surveys as part of the CLMRS pilot, of which, 579 were Cocoa
Horizons Group Members.

COTE D’IVOIRE

24 education-related interventions were performed, including:GHANA

3 rural primary schools were constructed or expanded,resulting in:
9 new primary classrooms, with capacity to accommodate
450 children, equipped with desks, benches, blackboards,
and solar panels for lighting

3,442 women farmers areGroup Members

Separate latrines for girls and boys installed at a rural
primary school

51 women are ingovernance positions
within Farmer Groups

Canteen and cooking facilities constructed at a rural
primary school
3 teacher housing units constructed
1 borehole and pump installed at a rural primary school

TANZANIA -School management committees are operational at the 3
new or expanded schools

SPECIAL PROJECT

214 birth certificates were secured for children in 4 cocoa
farming communities

In Tanzania, efforts were undertaken to improvethe educational facilities for our special project:
36 classrooms

1 office

980 desks

8 lavatory stalls

30,000 books

1,416 women are members of Cocoa Horizons
Farmer Groups
47 women are in governance positions within
Cocoa Horizons Farmer Groups
6 women participated in the agroforestry training
program that started in 2015/16
44 women have completed the program since its
inception in 2013/14
The Foundation facilitated the participation of 188
women from 2 cooperatives in a leadership training
program coordinated by the World Cocoa
Foundation and implemented by Anader, the ruraldevelopment agency in Côte d’Ivoire.

The Foundation will adapt its strategy and the corresponding program guidelines to align with emerging strategies and initiatives of the industry in order to continue
scaling impact and driving change. For example, the guidelines will adapt to align with Barry Callebaut’s sustainability strategy “Forever Chocolate”.