450 million people, or 70% of the rural poor in developing countries, rely on agriculture as a main source of income. Many of these are smallholder farmers, suffering from low…
Huynh Tien Dung, former Team Leader of Sustainable Landscapes Component, VFD for SNV in Vietnam has been appointed as IDH Vietnam Country Director. In this capacity he succeeds Flavio Corsin…
Présentations Premiere Table Ronde CDI – Initiative Cacao et Forêts
Le mardi 13 juin 2017, de 09H00 à 17h00, s’est tenue à Abidjan, la première Table Ronde sur l’Initiative Cacao et Forêts. Cette journée d’échanges et de réflexions, lancée par…
First Roundtables of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative
June 13th and 15th, the first Roundtables took place in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The Roundtables were hosted in Côte d’Ivoire by the Ministry of Public Hygiene, Environment and Sustainable…
Nederland is voorloper in het stimuleren van duurzame handel om “groene” economische groei in ontwikkelingslanden te ondersteunen. Vooral duurzamere productie van agrarische grondstoffen als cacao, thee, koffie etc… die met…
Capturing 5 years of innovation in the Cocoa Productivity and Quality Program. Flourish tells the story of the cocoa sector going beyond certification. Towards a sustainable cocoa sector. Flourish has…
World Bank report on eliminating deforestation in cocoa supply chains
The new report, Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain, presents a first set of principles for achieving sustainable, deforestation-free cocoa production. The report analyzes current sustainability projects and…
Best Practice Examples to Address Deforestation in the Cocoa Sector
Check the link below for a series of examples of existing private sector initiatives addressing deforestation in the cocoa sector. Download publication…