Ghana

Since our start in the country, we have been able to scale up our programme, brokering relationships with supermarkets and companies, so that cooperatives can take part in sustainability programmes they have set up and form inclusive business relationships.

Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee programme highlights for 2025

Besides our focus on climate-smart production practices and VSLAs, we play a facilitation role in the Wassa Amenfi West Multi-Stakeholder Platform, established through the Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CCAM) and Wassa Amenfi Cocoa Landscape Initiative (WACLI) projects. Together with Preferred by Nature (PbN), Rikolto has brought together 59 members from 27 stakeholder groups, including local authorities, farmer cooperatives, major cocoa buyers such as Ferrero and Touton, and traditional leaders. The goal? To jointly coordinate action on landscape management and mobilise sustainable investments, as well as establishing a sustainable cocoa purchasing model. The diversity of participants ensures that decisions and strategies reflect the perspectives of all key actors within the landscape. To ensure sustainability, processes have been initiated to incorporate the multi-stakeholder platform into the next medium-term development plan of the Wassa Amenfi West Municipal Assembly (the local government unit of the area).