Sustainability and Value Added in Agricultural Supply Chains

Brief Description

This is a one (1) year project being implemented by Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform in collaboration with Oxfam and GIZ with funding from the European Union that focuses on strengthening the capacity and influence of farmer organizations and civil society in support of the effective implementation of the new EU regulations on deforestation and human rights due diligence

Project Duration: 1st March 2024 – 30th November 2024

Goal

To contribute to an inclusive and sustainable cocoa sector that respects human rights, protects the environment, and promotes living income of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana.

Objectives

Smallholder women and men cocoa farmers benefit from the implementation of sustainability initiatives and reform processes in the cocoa sector in Ghana.

Successes:

1. Through the implementation of the project, capacity of members of the Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform have been strengthened on the European Union Deforestation Regulation, the Ghana Cocoa Management System, the African Region Standards on Cocoa and the Productivity Enhancement Programme.
2. The project has contributed to strengthened collaboration between the Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform and the Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa/Plateforme Ivoirienne pour le Cacao Durable (PICD) to form an alliance dubbed “The African Civil Society Platform for Sustainable Cocoa”

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