New Commodities Programme Action Proposal Cocoa-Food Link Programme West & Central Africa

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1 New Commodities Programme Action Proposal Cocoa-Food Link Programme West & Central Africa Presentation at ICCO 12 th March 2014 Zürich Page 1

2 1. What do cocoa smallholders need for sustainable business? Financial management & Savings Bankability and investments Sufficient & balanced nutrition Technical & business skills Business linkages & producer organization The Nigerian FBS Experience Enabling national and regional business environment 3 Page 3

3 1. Proposal Development EC-ACP New Commodities Program 02/2013 Invites GIZ to present concept 03/2013 Supra-regional concept note 5/2013 EC-ACP Commodities Program split into Action plans Invitation for full proposal for W&C-Africa 5-11/2013 Full proposal for 4 years ( ), several reviews 01/2014 Discussion of proposal in Brussels 02/2014 Comments of ACP and ICCO review full proposal Today s meeting Page 4

4 2. Strategy Contribute to improved food and nutrition security, incomes and resilience of smallholders through cocoa, roots and tubers, and coconuts as the lead intervention crops in ACP countries Objective: Cocoa smallholders in Cameroon, Côte d Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria &Togo increase their income from cocoa and quality nutritional products while improving their resilience to risks and the nutritional status of their families R1: Business and technically skilled smallholders produce competitive cocoa and food. R2: Business services enhance smallholders investments in intensification and diversification and improve their resilience R3: Smallholders improve market access & incomes through organization, joint business operations, VC contract arrangements R4:National, regional and international strategy processes enhanced through pro-active participation and evidence-based lessons learnt regarding business approaches and links between cocoa & food Page 6

5 2. Strategy Key Deliverables Specific objective Cocoa smallholders in Cameroon, Côte d Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria &Togo increase their income from cocoa and quality nutritional products while improving their resilience to risks and nutritional status of their families. Indicators 1. 80,000 cocoa smallholders (at least 30% women) have increased their agricultural income by 30% over baseline while reducing their dependency on cocoa income to 70% through diversification (approx. 90% baseline) 2. Share of protein from diversified production in smallholder family diets at least doubled 3. Innovative approaches of the program on links between cocoa lead interventions, improved food and nutrition security and risk mitigation are integrated in private, national and regional strategies and plat-forms that promote cocoa sector and livelihoods Page 7

6 2. Strategy - Intervention points Producer organization Farm-Household-System Business driven approach Production system: Cocoa & food products Value chains Cocoa & food products Specific Inputs Production Primary processing Trading Processing Consumption Financial services Building blocks based on experience and economics Page 9

7 2. Strategy - Scalable interventions Farmer Business School Cocoa plus 2 Food crops Embedded in extension or financial services GAP* Training Cocoa & Food Business relevant and costeffective design, methods, tools, media, organization Nutrition Training Module to complement other CD measures *GAP: Good Agricultural Practice Business Service Centers by Financial services, Input retailers, Cooperatives Core business + Advice + Market info Capacity Development & support for hosts Risk-reduced credits based on profitable GAP Mobilize savings Input credit plus GAP & FBS training plus GPS measurement of plot Capacity Development for host MFI 10 Page 10

8 2. A closer look at FBS 187,829 directly trained Planning Units Nutrition Economics of current techniques & GAP Decisions for more income Financial management Financial services Cocoa Producer Investment in Quality Organization replanting 5 subsequent mornings plus 2 days follow up Cocoa, Maize, Cassava Page 11

9 2. A closer look at BSC over 32,000 producers served 6 BSC 6 BSC 6 BSC Core business Complementary business services operational Page 14

10 2. Strategy Dissemination of innovative approaches National strategies & platforms Nigeria FBS implemented under Transformation Agenda (Cocoa, Rice, Tomato, Cotton) Ghana Cocoa Board FBS adopted for nat. program Optimized GAP training Côte d Ivoire CCC-PPPP Contributions on economics, sustainability and extension materials Cameroon MINADER and ONCC adopting FBS Africa: Farm economics curriculum (= basis for FBS, extension, fin. Products) FBS for cotton & rice production systems Malawi, Ghana, Burkina, Côte d Ivoire Zambia, Mozambique, Bénin Web-based portal on FBS, GAP & M&E of large scale training (CAADP = host) FBS for ATVET Ghana, CAADP 15 Page 15

11 3. Partners Public Parastatal Private Agricultural Development Programs 7 States Federal Ministry of Agriculture& Rural Development NIRSAL Subsidiary of Central Bank of Nigeria Armajaro, WACOT Ministère de l Agriculture, de l Elevage et de la Pêche FUPROCAT, Féderation des Unions de Groupements des Producteurs de Café et Cacao du Togo Ghana Cocoa Board and its Cocoa Extension Public- Private Partnership Mondelez, Armajaro Civil society MINAGRI & ANADER CropLife Côte d Ivoire, its members, 4 Input retailers MFI UNACOOPEC-CI Blommer, OLAM, ECOM Office National de Café et de Cacao MINADER South, Centre & South-West Micro Finance and Development (MIFED) Association des CVECA and CECA du Centre (A3C), 7 village banks MFI CamCCUL Ltd. Dioceses Ebolowa, Sangmélima and Obala 17 Page 17

12 Merci! New Commodities Programme Action Proposal Cocoa-Food Link Programme West & Central Africa Page 19

13 Business driven approach for sustainable cocoa livelihoods and supply Producer organization Farm-Household-System Production system: Cocoa & food products Value chains Cocoa & food products Specific Inputs Production Primary processing Trading Processing Consumption Financial services Building blocks based on experience Page 20