THE COCOA SNAPSHOT
16/17 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. Our program in Tanzania is run as a special project with our partner
Kim's Chocolates and is not included in this report. You can find more information on it here.
*Fiscal year ending 31st August 2017SCALING IMPACT AND DRIVING CHANGE THROUGHPRODUCTIVITY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIESTHE COCOA HORIZONSPROGRAM COVERS:

Farmer Group and Group Member requirements;
Traceability of cocoa from farmer to factory gate;
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 GROUPSSupplier Code
The Cocoa HorizonsConvention

83 farmer groups delivered Horizons cocoa(20 new this year)
Of the 73,468 Cocoa Horizons registeredfarmers, 60,489 actively delivered Horizonscocoa this year.
32,538 in Côte d'Ivoire
27,951 in Ghana

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

TRACEABILITY
OF COCOA:

78,546 MT of Horizons cocoa delivered, up
from 42,590 MT in 15/16 season
51,497MT in Côte d'Ivoire
27,049MT in Ghana
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 was expanded tobetter achieve productivity impacts, including two newmodules on entrepreneurship and adult education.
All farmer groups and farmer trainers have been trained
71,359 farmers have been trained*
43,309 in Côte d'Ivoire
28,050 in Ghana
163 Farmer Trainers were accredited
144 in Côte d'Ivoire
19 in Ghana*Information audited
separately for theForever Chocolateannual report

PRODUCTIVITY

175.5 ha of cocoa farms replanted with diverse species in Côte d'Ivoire
19,036 farmers mapped in Côte d'Ivoire
26 Demonstration Plots developed in Côte d'Ivoire and 16 in Ghana to be finalized
in the 17/18 season
560 community professionals accredited in a specialty (pruners, nurserists, sprayers)
511 in Côte d'Ivoire
49 in Ghana

1,012 farmer group members had access to productivity packages (coaching,inputs such as tools and seedlings, or finance)
896 in Côte d'Ivoire
116 in Ghana

20,706 farmers in Côte d'Ivoire received atleast one productivity intervention.
A sample of these farmers indicate that:
15% have access to planting material;
37% have access to fertilizer;
3% have applied soil fertilitymanagement; and13% have rehabilitated at least 3% of
their cocoa farms using improved
planting materials.

2,073 community members sensitized on child labor in Côte d'Ivoire
6 communities in Côte d'Ivoire reached by the Cocoa Horizons truck

COMMUNITY:

Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation
System (CLMRS) - Côte d'Ivoire only
1141 farmers and household members participated in CLMRS interviews
90 farmers received a field visit by CLMRS trained staff
38 cases of children involved in child labor were identified

Education Activities
2,850 school kits distributed in Côte d'Ivoire

Women’s Empowerment
11,534 women are Cocoa Horizons registered farmers
2,724 in Côte d'Ivoire
8,810 in Ghana
132 women are in governance positions within
Cocoa Horizons Farmer Groups
74 in Côte d'Ivoire
58 in Ghana
384 women participated in agroforestry training(in Côte d'Ivoire)
60 women became agroforestry trainers

COCOA HORIZONSPREMIUM DISTRIBUTION:

Cocoa Horizons Program IncomeHorizons Program contributions(in CHF)

2016/2017

7,533,430

Cocoa Horizons Program expenses

Farmer and farmer organization premium

2,501,952

Productivity expense

2,944,546

Community expense

1,142,521

Administrative expense

1,002,535

The above is an extract from the Foundation’s annual regulatory return. The Foundation’s
financial audit is performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Switzerland.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND GHANA

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 with a *)represent extracts from the Cocoa Horizons Foundation Update Reportfor the year ended 31 August 2017, for which PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (PwC) were appointed to provide independent assurance. PwC
performed an assurance engagement in accordance with theInternational Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised), thescope 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.

TESTIMONIALSCÔTE D'IVOIREKOUAKOU RAOULKOFFI AYA ÉLODIEAs the daughter of a cocoa farmer in N'Gorankro(Ouragahio / Gagnoa), I have been trained to efficiently
make use of a cocoa plantation. During my training, I
learned how to sow a variety of crops into the land
without the need of a new plot.

The campaign helped me realize that it is essential to protect
our children, to preserve their health and send them to schoolfor a better education. Educated and healthy children will
effectively contribute to the development of our society.
I pledge to apply all the valuable information I’ve learned into
practice and to educate my colleagues so we better protect ourchildren’s rights, and enhance the reputation of our cocoa.

I’ve received free seeds for the cultivation of bananas,
manioc and maize which has allowed me to be actively
independant as I produce my own crops, increasing myincome and providing food for my family in the process.
Elodie was trained via a special project of the Cocoa
Horizons Foundation sponsored by Butlers Chocolates.

GHANA

NAOMI APPIAHROCKSON AHOR
Through the Cocoa Horizons project, I was supplied with 300
hybrid cocoa seedlings.
I expect them to start yielding within the next 10-12 months andI look forward to seeing a higher yield from these new trees so I
can sell more cocoa beans. More beans means more income toprovide for my family and children, who are still in school.
In the next 15 years, I want a completely productive cocoa farm
which I can pass on to my children.

As a female Purchase Clerk, dealing with mostly male farmers,
my shy nature was often used against me.
Through the Cocoa Horizons training sessions, I have built myconfidence and now feel empowered when talking to themale farmers I deal with on a daily basis.
As a female PC, I command a lot of respect from my fellow
females as well as the males in the community and am often
consulted for my opinion on matters involving thedevelopment of the community.
Through my actions, I see that I serve as a role model for the
young girls in my local area.