Supporter conference Jon Walker 1
Source Cocoa Barometer 2
The Global Cocoa Market 3
Price per tonne of cocoa beans 4
An unusual cocoa farmer 5
Galamasey illegal gold mining 6
Access to education 7
Access to information 8
Company, certification and retailer interventions 9
What are Fairtrade doing - West Africa Cocoa Programme STEP 1 Enhanced core certification support STEP 2 - Organisational Strengthening: Training in strategic planning & participatory consultation and need assessment STEP 3 - Organisational Strengthening: Training modules (driven by outcomes of step 1) Theme A: Farmer Outreach I. IMS (Version I implemented. Version II in design) II. Lead farmer training skills III. GAP Theme B: Community Development I. Empowerment of women II. Child rights, increased wellbeing of children/youth Theme C: Management and Governance I. Governance & decision making II. Increased member engagement III. Fairtrade development plan & IV. premium management Financial & operational management V. Organisational monitoring, learning & reporting Source: 2017 Global Cocoa Plan 10
Understanding living income in CDI Fairtrade leading on Living income: Household income study of Fairtrade cocoa farmers in Cote d Ivoire. Objectives: Conduct a baseline study to support house income gap analysis with existing living income benchmarks Provide insight on different income drivers nationally to shape Fairtrade s Living Income strategy in cocoa Understand the impact of the Fairtrade premium Research: 3000 Households/22 Cooperatives survey developed Survey included: cocoa income, non-cocoa income, access to training, health services, water & food security In partnership with GEOtraceability and COSA Timeline: Data collection ready April 2017 Key findings & recommendation on LI benchmark May Proposal for Living Income general objectives and strategic interventions end 2017 LI benchmarks for CDI, implementation plan, MEL framework and tools, LI positioning paper and advocacy strategy Feb 2018 Opportunity to impact: Fairtrade Minimum Price and Premium (review in 2017/18) West Africa Cocoa Programme interventions Overall Fairtrade cocoa strategy and plans Fairtrade Global Cocoa Update March 2017 11
Towards a Living Income 12
[sustainable livelihoods] living income for smallholders sustainable pricing Fairtrade sales sustainable yields cost efficiency Living Income Reference Prices supply chain commitment productivity & quality, added value farm efficiency SPO efficiency enabling environment market development strategic Fairtrade Premium investment organizational strengthening advocacy 13 13
Current Fairtrade pricing model + FLIRP Fairtrade Living Income Reference Price (FLIRP) Fairtrade price + Premium 2000 Fairtrade Minimum Price (FMP) market price 14 14
Fairtrade and Mondelez partnership
Who is Mondelez and what is Cocoa Life 16
How does Cocoa Life work 1. HOLISTIC AND FARMER- CENTRIC 2. COMMITTED TO PARTNERSHIPS 3. ALIGNED WITH SOURCING 17
The starting point for discussions Supplier partners NGO partners Government partners 18
Why would fairtrade want to partner with Cocoa Life Alignment Scale Farmer voice Joint objectives Principles Parity Empowerment Viability 19
What is the partnership Objective: Achieving resilient livelihoods and economic growth for cocoa growers and their communities Scale: Starting with 15,000 farmers in Ghana who will be increasing their sales on improved terms. The ambition is for the partnership to scale up to other Cocoa Life origins. Terms: Improved Cocoa Life loyalty payments, contracts ahead of the harvest, in kind investment from Cocoa Life. Impact areas: 1. A strategic assessment of the role of Cocoa Life in achieving resilient livelihoods for cocoa farmers and their communities 2. A programme to improve farmers adaptation to climate change 3. A programme to strengthen the role of cooperative unions 20
Union validation 21
Communication 22
Holding Mondelez to account 23
Harvest 24
Breaking the pods 25
Fermenting the cocoa 26
Drying the cocoa 27