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Cocoa Livelihoods Program Matching Grant Partners: Olam, Blommer Chocolate Partnership Meeting June 5th, 2013

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IMPACT OF THE WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION PROGRAMS ON THE COCOA SECTOR IN GHANA

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ANTHONY FOFIE CHIEF EXECUTIVE GHANA COCOA BOARD

INTRODUCTION - 1 

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COCOA IS CRITICAL TO THE LIVELIHOODS OF OVER 4 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN GHANA THE SECTOR SUPPORTS THE GHANAIAN ECONOMY BY WAY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS , EMPLOYMENT AND THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ROADS, ELECTRICITY AND POTABLE WATER

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INTRODUCTION - 2 

COCOA PRODUCTION HAS INCREASE IN

RECENT YEARS FROM AN AVERAGE OF 350,000 MT IN THE 1990s TO A MEAN OF 800,000 IN THE LAST 3 YEARS REACHING A RECORD PEAK OF 1,000,000 MT IN THE 2010/11 SEASON

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PRAGMATIC MEASURES -1 

THE IMPROVEMENTS IN COCOA PRODUCTION

AND PRODUCTIVITY ARE DUE TO THE ADOPTION OF INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING: 

PAYMENT OF AT LEAST 70% OF THE fob PRICE TO FARMERS

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NATIONAL CONTROL OF PESTS AND DISEASES

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ENHANCED SOIL FERTILITY THROUGH PROVISION OF SUBSIDIZED FERTILIZERS

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PRAGMATIC MEASURES -2 

REHABILITATION OF OLD AND MORIBUND COCOA FARMS

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INSTITUTION OF NEW NATIONAL COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM IN 2010 IN A PUBLIC – PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY INSTITUTIONS SOME OF WHOM ARE PRESENT HERE

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IT IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION THAT HAS PARTICULARLY STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM 6

COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH WCF SUPPORT - 1 

PRIOR TO 2010, THE COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS INEFFECTIVE DUE TO INADEQUATE LOGISTICS AND EXTENSION PERSONNEL

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WCF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GHANA COCOA BOARD HAS TRAINED 37,024 FARMERS IN GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES USING THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL EXTENSION APPROACH

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COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH WCF SUPPORT - 2 

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45,903 FARMERS TRAINED IN BUSINESS SKILLS IN A PROGRAM CALLED FARMER BUSINESS SCHOOL 6,597 FARMERS LINKED TO CREDIT SERVICE PROVIDERS AFTER TRAINING 2 FULLY OPERATIONAL BUSINESS SERVICE CENTRES (SEWHI WIASO AND NEW EDUBIASE) USED BY 5,000 FARMERS TO ACCESS MARKET 8 INFORMATION, TRAINING AND INPUTS

COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH WCF SUPPORT - 3

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PARTICIPATORY VIDEO TECHNOLOGY FOR GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES TRAINING

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THE VIDEOS ARE PRODUCED BY THE FARMERS IN LOCAL LANGUAGES AND USED BY THEM FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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OUR EXTENSION AGENTS AND OFFICERS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING FROM WCF IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

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COCOA EXTENSION SYSTEM WITH WCF SUPPORT - 4

USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONY TO SEND EXTENSION MESSAGES TO FARMERS  THE MESSAGES ARE TIMELY PRODUCTION, MARKET AND SOCIAL INFORMATION MEANT TO ENHANCE FARMERS’ DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES  THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMME IS CALLED COCOA LINK 

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IMPACT OF WCF SUPPORT -1 

WCF INTERVENTIONS IN GHANA HAS RESULTED OUR FARMERS HAVING ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND BUSINESS SKILLS

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FARMER TRAINING WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE WCF HAS LED TO OUR FARMERS ADHERING TO TIME-TESTED QUALITY ENHANCING PRACTICES INCLUDING FERMENTATION AND DRYING 11

IMPACT OF WCF SUPPORT -2 

THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL AND FARMER

BUSINESS SCHOOL APROACHES HAVE ENHANCED SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE

COCOA COMMUNITIES LEADING TO IMPROVED LIVELIHOOD

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OVERALL PLAN FOR FARMER OUTREACH SCALE-UP OF THE WCF SUPPORTED PROGRAMMES  STRENTHENING OF NATIONAL EXTENSION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP  SUPPORT TO NEW COCOA EXTENSION PLATFORM – COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN GHANA COCOA BOARD AND UNDP  INCREASED FUNDING FOR EXTENSION AGENTS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCED LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO COCOBOD EXTENSION SERVICES 

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CONCLUSION 

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WE CHERISH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WCF WHICH HAS HELPED TO LIFT MANY COCOA HOUSEHOLDS OUT OF POVERTY WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ADOPTION OF MANY MORE INNOVATIVE EXTENSION APPROACHES TO ENSURE THAT RESEARCH FINDINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF FARMERS

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Cocoa Rejuvenation Program in Côte d’Ivoire Objective; Improve cocoa production efficiency and cocoa farmers’ competitiveness on

diversified farms Key activities; • Creating awareness and facilitating access to Improved Planting Material - Sourced and distributed 22,750 hybrid pods from CNRA, enabling 610,000 hybrid high yielding seeds to be planted in 35 cooperative seed nurseries

- Trained 105 cooperative staff in nursery construction and maintenance

- Distributed 485,000 high yielding to 1,215 farmers to raise productivity to over 2mt / ha - Sourced and planted 110,000 leguminous shade trees, providing natural fertilizer

• Farmer Capacity Building in partnership with GIZ / ANADER - Trained 1,625 farmers incl. 11% female farmers, in Farmer Business School training, including sustainable farm regeneration, from 35 cooperatives. - Distributed 70 GPS units to 35 cooperatives to conduct yield surveys

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Key Accomplishments/successes • Sourcing the required number of pods from CNRA within the main crop growth period to ensure better quality despite increased demand

- Able to obtain replacement pods from CNRA for several cooperatives with a lower number of seeds per pod

• 50% of cooperatives from 1st year sourced additional seeds from CNRA to further improve productivity

• Farmer Business School training extremely well received by all farmers especially female farmers • Program achieved targets within budget ; Prevailing cost per farmer $61.5 pmt

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Challenges & Lessons Learned Challenges

Lessons Learned

Moving Ahead

GPS mapping

Need to further motivate cooperative staff

More comprehensive agreement signed with each cooperative

Survival rate throughout the dry season

Need to provide more intensive training

Continued follow up

Ensure minimum gender participation in business training

Need to further educate cooperatives on gender balance

Follow up with Anader and Coop staff

Ensure correct application of business training

Include local Anader representative

Set up regular review sessions with both Anader and own staff

Ensure early shade tree sourcing and planting

Source direct from neighbouring farmers

Motivate farmers to plant required volume of shade trees

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Scalability/Sustainability Plan • What is the plan for program continuation/scale up after Phase I? - 5 year agreements signed with each Cooperative - maintain nurseries for further 3 years under partnership - Finance pods from CNRA for cooperative cost • What opportunities exist for long-term sustainability/scalability? - Working with other Industry partners to promote Grafting in CDCs and RA / UNEP project - Ongoing discussions in PPPP to promote increased productivity and access to Improved Planting Material

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Key Learnings from CLP - Promoting wider adoption of SAP • Improving Farmer livelihoods through increased productivity and competitiveness • Improving Farmers Environmental footprint through SAP • Gender positivity /GGP

- Inter partner relations: • Greater collaboration; Government, Donors and Implementing Partners; GIZ, Technoserve • Strengthening supplier partnerships and reinforcing farmer relations • Boosting Industry pre-competitiveness

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Impact on cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire Yield increase (in Kg/Ha)

Cocoa farmers

ID

1150

225D071 (12 Ha, FBSAgrochemicals-Hybrid seedlings)

1050

950

225D043 (4 Ha, FBS & Agrochemicals)

850

225D083 (22 Ha, FBS & Agrochemicals)

750

225D071 ZIDA Ezechiel

Cocoa Area Additional revenue (Ha)

12

16%

Yams, Chicken, Pig and Sheep Breeding

225D043 TIONON Alidou

4

10%

Rice and Goat Breeding

225D083 GUIRE Marc

22

10%

Yams, Pig Breeding

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0%

NA

650 DK-005-2 (6Ha, no inputs)

550 450

Lambda (common producer)

DK-005-2

350 Season '09/'10

Season '10/'11

Season '11/'12

Season '12/'13

KOMBESSERE Denis

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Thank you

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