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Cocoa4Future

  • Projects and activities | 20 Oct 2021
Global Food and Nutrition Security

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The overall objective is to enhance the sustainability of cocoa farms while preserving the environment by tailoring cocoa cropping systems to the changing context in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. The aim is to contribute to the agro ecological transition of cocoa production in these countries by proposing research that will help trigger a shift towards production systems that are in tune with environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, social responsibility, and quality standards, including ethical imperatives.

The aim of the Cocoa4Future Action is to identify, assess and promote cocoa agroforestry systems (AFS) that are efficient, resilient and adapted to the changing global cocoa sector context (specific objective1) and to identify, test and promote levers for the socioeconomic sustainability of cocoa farms (specific objective2). The Action will target cocoa farming systems (plot scale) and production systems (farm scale), while also intervening at the territorial and supply chain levels. The project will produce knowledge based on surveys and modelling on swollen shoot, agrocecological farming systems including farmers’ practices, and quality management along the value chain.

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Geographic coverageIvory CoastGhana
Originally Published

20 Oct 2021

Knowledge service | MetadataGlobal Food and Nutrition Security | AgroecologyResearch and Innovation | Capacity-buildingFarmers cooperativeAgricultural extension servicesAgroforestryFood systemSmallholder agriculture
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)agricultural researchvalue chainCocoa
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