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 2024

Supporting additional income-generating activities, especially for women and youth, is a key strategy of our programme in the Wassa Amenfi Cocoa Landscape Initiative. The Youth in Cocoa Services (YCS) model is designed to enable young people to set up businesses that provide professional labour services to cocoa farmers in their communities. 15 youth (organised into three groups) were selected and trained in pruning, spraying, safe use of pesticides and fertilisers, and other services, to take up YCS as a full-time job. We also conducted scouting for income-generating activities in this landscape, to create sustainable income opportunities in an area where people are drawn to illegal mining activities (Galamsey). The most promising market opportunities are rice milling, aquaculture, and citronella production and processing.