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1. INTRODUCTION
2. AT A GLANCE
3. SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
4. TRACEABILITY &
TRANSPARENCY
5. SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING
6. FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS IN
SIERRA LEONE
7. CHILD PROTECTION
PROGRAM
8. REPLANTING THE FOREST
CONTENT
“WE INVITE YOU
TO GET INVOLVED
IN OUR PROJECTS”
We are proud to present our first annual sustainability report on organic cocoa!
With organic cocoa beans from 10 origins and our own cocoa processing facility in the
Netherlands, organic cocoa is one of our most important and fascinating products. Tradin
Organic is grateful to work with thousands of organic and Fairtrade certified farmers. But,
considering the social and environmental challenges in the cocoa sector, we do not stop at
these labels. We go beyond these certifications with the vision of delivering the world’s most
sustainable organic cocoa products.
This report presents the most important sustainability milestones that we celebrated in 2018.
Among other achievements, you can read about the launch of our Farmer Field School
project in Sierra Leone, the expansion of our Fairtrade certification program and the
installation of a new production line at our cocoa processing facility, Crown of Holland.
This report also provides an outlook on our exciting plans for 2019. You will find more
information on our plans to further reduce and offset the carbon footprint of our cocoa
products. During 2019, we will also launch our innovative concept of climate positive
chocolate, a new way of rewarding our farmers for their regenerative organic production
practices.
Our 2019 sustainability agenda is particularly ambitious for our sourcing project in Sierra
Leone. Working side-by-side with our organic cocoa farmers in Sierra Leone, we will launch a
comprehensive Child Protection Program, as well as an extensive reforestation project. We
are looking forward to joining forces with our cocoa farmers, enabling them to develop their
communities.
To achieve our sustainability goals, we rely on strong partnerships with our customers,
suppliers, NGO’s and governments. For this reason, we are inviting you to join our initiatives.
We encourage our customers and our partners to get in touch to find out more about our
projects and to get involved. Only together, we can truly make a difference.
Gerard Versteegh
President of Tradin Organic 1
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Topic Goals Activities
SUSTAINABLE COCOA SOURCING
Help 10,000 new farmers to
obtain organic certification and
another 10,000 farmers to
access Fairtrade certification by 2020
Expand organic farmer base worldwide
Expand Fairtrade certification in Sierra Leone
Initiate Fairtrade certification in DR Congo
TRACEABILITY & TRANSPARENCY
Register
100% of organic farmers in Sierra Leone in our new digital traceability system by early 2020
Continue to ensure organic cocoa traceability system
Implement new digital farmer and transaction registration system
SUSTAINABLE COCOA PROCESSING
Achieve
100% CARBON NEUTRALcocoa products by 2025
Improve carbon efficiency at our organic cocoa processing facility
Initiate carbon insetting program
WELL-BEING FOR COMMUNITIES
Set up 60 Farmer Field
Schools by 2020, and
help 5,000 children to go to
school by 2023
Set up Farmer Field School project
Implement Child Protection Program
HEALTHY PLANET
Help halt deforestation and
replant 20,000 trees in Sierra
Leone by 2024
Pilot deforestation monitoring system
Set up reforestation project
At Tradin Organic, we have the vision to deliver the world’s most sustainable organic
cocoa products. What this means in practice is shown in the table below. This table
presents the goals and activities of our sustainable cocoa strategy.AT A GLANCE
GLOBAL
SOURCING
OVERVIEW
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our
global team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us
to monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa
farmers.
At this moment, Tradin Organic sources organic cocoa beans mainly from 10 countries of
origin. In most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct
relation with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the
organic certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their
productivity.
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Ecuador
Peru
Dominican
Republic
Haiti
Sierra Leone
Sao Tome
DR Congo
Uganda
Tanzania
Madagascar
SUSTAINABLE COCOA SOURCING
Sierra Leone has faced many
challenges in recent history.
Internal conflict followed by
the Ebola crisis caused the
cocoa market to collapse,
leaving many cocoa farmers
with difficult access to the
world market. In 2015, Tradin
Organic started working with
these farmers to set up an
organic certified cocoa
sourcing project. We
configured a local control
system with dedicated quality
coordinators and invested in
trainings and registration for
farmers. This allowed us to
successfully pass the organic
audit and start exporting
organic cocoa in 2017. With
our organic cocoa
production in full swing, our
activities in Sierra Leone are
growing rapidly. We have our
own sourcing and exporting
office in Kenema and have
trained a team of quality
coordinators who ensure
optimal quality. For the 2018-
2019 crop, we were working
with over 35,000 organic
cocoa farmers and this
number continues to grow.
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SUSTAINABLE COCOA SOURCING
Ms. Sao Briama
Our first organic cocoa farmer in Sierra Leone
Sierra
Leone
OUR FIRST ORGANIC
COCOA FARMER
Ms. Sao Briama became our first
organic certified cocoa farmer
in Sierra Leone. She is optimistic
about the benefits that organic
certified cocoa is bringing to her
community.
“Cocoa is very important to me
and my family. I don’t grow any
other crop, except for some fruit.
Over the last few years, the price
that we received for our organic
cocoa has risen, so I was able to
improve my house and send one
of my daughters to university.
Next year she will graduate.”
According to Sao, all the new
houses in the village were paid
for by cocoa money. The
increased income has had a
clear effect on the community,
with the increased wealth
allowing both people and
property to develop.
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
Worldwide, most organic cocoa is produced by small farmers. Tradin Organic is proud to
collaborate with thousands of organic cocoa farmers who work hard to produce organic
cocoa and to provide for their families. The organic certification provides the farmers with
a higher price for their cocoa beans. Even so, our small cocoa farmers are exposed to
risks, such as climate change and fluctuating world prices, which can affect their income.
At Tradin Organic, we believe that our organic cocoa should provide benefits to our
farmers and should enable farmers to develop their communities. For this reason, we are
supporting our farmers to obtain the Fairtrade certification. Thanks to the Fairtrade
certification, our cocoa farmers receive a Fairtrade Premium, on top of the organic
premium.
Our cocoa suppliers in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru and Madagascar
have already been Fairtrade certified for some years. Over the years they have invested
their Fairtrade Premium in a range of community projects. As we are continuously
developing our sourcing projects, we are supporting our farmers in the other countries of
origin towards Fairtrade certification. During 2018, we started working on Fairtrade
certification for our organic cocoa farmers in Sierra Leone. We supported our farmers with
technical assistance and helped to pre-finance the certification fees. Six of our farmer
cooperatives in Sierra Leone are now Fairtrade certified.
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SUSTAINABLE COCOA SOURCING
Dominican
Republic
FAIR TRADE MAKING
AN IMPACT
Historically, the Dominican
Republic has been a frontrunner
in organic cocoa production.
Our partnership with Conacado,
a local cocoa farmer
cooperative, goes back more
than 20 years. Over the years, this
partnership has helped to bring in
substantial amounts of Fairtrade
premium money.
The farmers at Conacado have
used their Fairtrade premium
money, to invest in technical
assistance, training and improved
production practices. The
premium also helped sponsor
community projects, such as
computer labs for students in
remote communities. The
Fairtrade premium has enabled
Conacado to become a highly
professional cocoa cooperative,
which delivers benefits for the
cocoa farmers and their
communities.
Haiti
Traceability is a key requirement of the organic standard. Tradin Organic has moved
beyond this requirement to establish a fully traceable and transparent supply chain for
organic cocoa. Due to our unique sourcing network and our own processing capability, we
can offer cocoa products that can be traced back, all the way to the farmer.
TRACEABILITY IN PRACTICE - SIERRA LEONE
Our team of extension workers in Sierra Leone is responsible for registering each of our
organic cocoa farmers. Each farmer has their own individual registration number, which is
linked to their registration form. Whenever the farmer sells a bag of cocoa beans, the bag is
labelled with the farmer registration number.6
TRACEABILITY & TRANSPARENCY
BEAN-TO-BAR
CHOCOLATE
Despite being a relatively
undiscovered cocoa origin, Haiti
produces some unique fine
flavor organic cocoa. In Haiti,
we work together with CAUD, a
small-scale local farmer
cooperative. They supply us with
organic cocoa beans, which we
process into cocoa liquor at our
own processing facility in the
Netherlands.
Each bag of organic cocoa
beans is labeled and can be
traced back to the individual
farmer. These bag numbers are
registered for each production
batch in our processing facility.
This is why our organic cocoa
liquor from Haiti is fully traceable
and very popular among craft
chocolatiers and bean-to-bar
chocolate makers.
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
The bag of cocoa beans is then transported to our warehouse in Kenema. At our
warehouse, some of the cocoa beans are dried (if necessary) in one of our solar driers.
After drying, the beans are prepared for export and transported to the port of Freetown.
From Freetown the beans are shipped to Amsterdam, where they are stored in a
warehouse. Upon arrival in the warehouse, the beans are still in the bag, labelled with the
registration number of the farmer.
At our warehouse, the beans are prepared for delivery to our own cocoa processing
facility, the Crown of Holland. At this point, the cocoa beans are taken out of the bags, in
order to put together a specific production batch. We carefully select the organic cocoa
beans in each batch, to match the preferences of our customer. For example, we can
prepare a batch with mixed origins, or we can prepare a single-origin batch. While
preparing the batches, the registration number of each bag is recorded. This way, we
know for each batch of finished product, which farmers grew the cocoa beans that were
used for this batch.
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GOING
DIGITAL
Up until recently, we
registered most of the
farmer registration and
transaction data on paper.
As we work with thousands
of organic farmers, this
registration system costs a
lot of work and paper.
Therefore, we started a pilot
project in Sierra Leone, for a
digital system. Our
extension workers are
equipped with a smart-
phone app, which they use
to register farmer and
transaction data. This data
is uploaded to the cloud,
where we can store and
manage this information. In
addition to saving time and
paper, this digital system
also offers some innovative
applications. For example,
we can add photos of
farmers and map their
farms with GPS coordinates.
We aim to have all our
organic farmers in Sierra
Leone registered digitally,
before the end of 2019.
Tradin
Warehouse
Kenema
Each bag
is labelled
All farmers are
registered
Shipped from
FreetownOur own organic
processing facility Finished
Product
ORGANIC COCOA TRACEABILITY
TRACEABILITY & TRANSPARENCY
MINIMIZING
OUR FOOTPRINT
Crown of Holland is the organic cocoa processing facility of Tradin Organic. The factory is
conveniently located in the sustainable business park, Agriport A7, 40km north of
Amsterdam. Crown of Holland specializes in processing organic cocoa beans into various
semi - finished products, such as cocoa liquor, butter, powder and nibs.
The factory uses state-of-the-art equipment, which allows us to process our organic cocoa in
an efficient manner. Crown of Holland is continuously working to improve the efficiency of
the processing lines, in order to further reduce the footprint of our cocoa products.
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SUSTAINABLE
LOCATION
Crown of Holland is
located in the sustainable
business park Agriport A7,
just 30 minutes north of
Amsterdam.
The business park is home
to multiple sustainable
agri-food companies that
work together to make
the business park more
sustainable with constant
improvements of the
infrastructure and
facilities. Agriport 7 is
promoting initiatives to
store CO2, utilize residual
heat, separate waste
materials for recycling,
etc.
SUSTAINABLE COCOA PROCESSING
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
There are several steps in the cocoa processing procedure that require heat. Our
processing line uses natural gas for generating the necessary thermal energy. In addition,
our processing line needs electricity to operate. Our consumption of natural gas and
electricity are the most important contributors to our carbon footprint. At Crown of
Holland, we carefully monitor the carbon efficiency of our factory and we try to reduce
our emissions for as far as possible.
In the graph above, we calculate the carbon efficiency of our cocoa processing facility
as kilograms of CO2 emitted per kilogram of finished product. In 2017, we achieved an
improvement of our carbon efficiency, reducing our emissions per kg of finished products,
in comparison to the previous year. We managed to consolidate this carbon efficiency
gain in 2018. Early 2018, we opened a brand-new second processing line at Crown of
Holland. During the start-up phase of this new line, we experienced a temporary decline
of our carbon efficiency. After the start-up phase, the performance of our new production
line improved considerably. We expect to see further improvements in 2019.
We are aiming to achieve net carbon neutral cocoa processing by 2025. We want to
reach this goal by cutting the carbon emissions per kg of finished product by another 30%.
In addition, we are working on a carbon insetting program, which should start in 2019. This
program should allow us to offset the entire carbon footprint of our cocoa processing
facility, by planting thousands of trees at our cocoa sourcing project in Sierra Leone.
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SOLAR
PANELS
ON THE
ROOF
The roof of our cocoa
processing facility is
equipped with solar
panels.
These solar panels
provide electricity for
the offices of the facility.
This renewable source of
electricity helps us to
reduce our carbon
footprint.
SUSTAINABLE COCOA PROCESSING
0.30 0.29 0.290.27
0.20
2016 2017 2018 2019 2025
Net Carbon Emissions kg of CO2 per kg of finished product
-0.20
2025CO2 neutral
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Cocoa farming in Sierra Leone has been picking up again in recent years. Due to the
internal conflict and the Ebola crisis, most cocoa plantations were left unattended for a long
time and few investments were made in the plantations. As farmers are now returning to
their plantations, most cocoa plantations are old and have low productivity levels. Tradin
Organic is committed to support organic cocoa farmers in Sierra Leone to upgrade their
plantations and boost their productivity. To this end, we launched a large-scale Farmer Field
School project in Sierra Leone. These Farmer Field Schools provide training for farmers on
organic production principles and support them with organic and Fairtrade certification. The
trainings cover various organic agricultural practices, such as pruning and under-brushing.
As part of the Farmer Field Schools, we will also establish a couple of test farms, where we
can do field trials on organic production methods. For example, we will do trials to control
the black pod disease. The test farms will be used during the farmer training, to show the
impact of certain organic production practices. In addition to the farmer trainings, we will
also establish nurseries. These nurseries will grow cocoa seedlings. These seedlings will be
handed out to farmers, as an additional bonus payment for their cocoa. The farmers can
use these seedlings to rejuvenate their plantations.
Our Farmer Field School project started in November 2018. For this project we are working
together with AgDevCo and Solidaridad West Africa. Currently, we have 67 operational
farmer field schools, with about 100 farmers per school. We aim to set up an additional 50
Farmer Field Schools in 2019.
FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS IN SIERRA LEONE
DR Congo
TRAINING FARMERS
IN EASTERN CONGO
Cocoa is a crucial source of
income for organic cocoa
formers in the Eastern Congo. In
recent years, farmers in this
region have faced serious
shocks, including armed conflict
and a recent Ebola outbreak.
Organic cocoa provides one of
the few stable sources of income
in this region. This is why our local
partner is providing training and
technical assistance to the
farmers.
The training helps the farmers to
improve their organic production
practices and boost the
productivity of their farms. The
farmers receive seedlings to help
them rejuvenate their
plantations by planting new
cocoa trees. The training
program also enables the
farmers to plant other species of
trees, like fruit trees or timber. This
helps to provide shade for the
cocoa trees, as well an
additional source of income for
the farmers.
HELPING TO
KEEP CHILDREN
IN SCHOOL
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
Despite global efforts to eradicate child labor, it remains a reality within agriculture in many
countries. In most cases, poverty of rural households and lack of access to quality education
are the main causes contributing to child labor. As Tradin Organic sources its ingredients
around the globe, we are aware that some of our organic farming communities may be at
risk of child labor.
For this reason, Tradin Organic launched a new Child Protection Program for our cocoa
farming communities in Sierra Leone. Starting in March 2019, the program represents the next
big leap in our efforts to eradicate child labor and is an addition to the work that we are
already doing to help address this issue. Initially, this Child Protection Program will focus on our
cocoa supply chain in Sierra Leone, allowing us to create a blueprint that we can expand to
other supply chains.
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CHILD PROTECTION PROGRAM
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At Tradin Organic we believe that our
organic sourcing projects should be
pivotal in helping farming communities
eradicate child labor.
Over the past years, we have already
set up a range of initiatives to further
those efforts.
First of all, our Supplier Code of
Conduct strictly forbids our suppliers to
use child labor. Secondly, we work with
certification programs, such as
Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, etc., to
help guarantee that our suppliers have
child labor prevention policies in place.
On top of to these certifications, we
have developed different community
projects to promote child protection.
With our new Child Protection
Program, we are taking the next leap
to help prevent child labor on our
organic cocoa farms in Sierra Leone.
Going beyond the Fairtrade
certification, our project aims to
enable our cocoa farming
communities to address poverty and
access to education, in order to
protect children and keep them in
school.
WORKING
TOGETHER WITH
FARMERS AND
COMMUNITIES
CHILD PROTECTION PROGRAM
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
The first step of our Child Protection Program is to carry out a baseline study. This baseline
study is currently underway and should be finished by September 2019. The aim of this study is
to understand the breadth of child labor within cocoa production in Sierra Leone and to help
identify the key contributing factors leading to this issue. The findings of our study will allow us
to shape the work with our cocoa farming communities to help them prevent child labor.
After completing our baseline study, we will work together with our cocoa farming
communities to set up a continuous monitoring and remediation system. This will help us to
monitor any communities that are at risk of child labor and to develop projects to help
prevent child labor in these communities. These community projects will address the
underlying causes of child labor, such as poverty and lack of access to education. Working
together with our cocoa farming communities, we will help prevent child labor and keep
children in school. Our monitoring and remediation system should be launched by early 2020.
For our Child Protection Program, we rely on partnerships with different government
institutions, as well as local and international NGO’s. Only by working together can we
address the underlying causes of child labor and eradicate this problem for good. We invite
our customers and partners to get involved in our fight to prevent child labor.
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STEP 1:
BASELINE STUDY
STEP 2:MONITORING,
REMEDIATION &
COMMUNUTY
PROJECTS
CHILD PROTECTION PROGRAM
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Cocoa production in West Africa is often
linked to deforestation. Tradin Organic
believes that regenerative organic
agroforestry has the potential to stop
deforestation and can actually spark
reforestation. Cocoa plantations that apply
regenerative agroforestry can boost
biodiversity and draw down significant
amounts of carbon. Our vision is that
replanting trees and organic cocoa
cultivation, can actually draw down enough
carbon to offset the entire carbon footprint of
our organic cocoa products. By handing out
seedlings and training our farmers, we can
promote reforestation and deliver climate
positive chocolate to our customers.
In 2019, Tradin Organic will launch an
extensive reforestation program, starting with
our cocoa farmers in Sierra Leone. Our
sourcing area in Sierra Leone is close to the
Gola Forest National Park. This unique
protected area is home to a variety of
endangered endemic species.
As cocoa is becoming an increasingly
important source of income in Sierra Leone,
there may be an incentive to clear plots of
rainforest to establish new plantations.
Clearing more forest in our sourcing area
could potentially threaten the Gola Forest
protected area.
PUTTING A HALT TO
DEFORESTATION
REPLANTING THE FOREST
THE BENEFITS OF
ORGANIC &
REGENERATIVE
In 2018, we worked together
with Soil & More to do a True
Cost study on our organic
cocoa. This study showed that
the impact on the
environment of organic cocoa
production is lower than
conventional (non-organic)
production.
In addition, the study shows
that regenerative organic
production practices have the
potential to create vital
benefits for the environment.
Regenerative practices can
help to sequester more
carbon, boost soil health and
foster biodiversity. Potentially,
these practices can offset the
negative impacts of organic
cocoa production and
actually create a net benefit
to nature.
Tradin Organic has a world-leading sourcing program for organic cocoa beans. Our global
team of agronomists visits our cocoa suppliers on a regular basis. These visits help us to
monitor the organic production and provide technical assistance to our cocoa farmers.
At this moment, Tradin organic sources organic cocoa beans from 10 countries of origin. In
most countries we work directly with cocoa farmers and cooperatives. Our direct relation
with these farmer cooperatives, allows us to support our farmers to implement the organic
certification, improve the quality of their cocoa beans and to boost their productivity.
The priority of our reforestation project is to prevent further deforestation and to help replant
thousands of trees. By establishing a smart regenerative agroforestry system, our farmers can
improve the yield of their cocoa plantations. This would help to eliminate the incentive to
clear new plots of land. In addition, the agroforestry system will introduce a variety of crops
on the plantations (food crops, shade trees, etc.), which promotes biodiversity while enabling
our farmers to diversify their income and boost their food security. Moreover, a well-
developed regenerative agroforestry system will boost carbon sequestration and help
combat climate change.
As a first step of our reforestation project, we will start by mapping the existing organic cocoa
farmers, using our digital traceability system. We can use the GPS data on the farms, in order
to monitor and prevent further deforestation from happening. At the same time, we will
initiate a reforestation project, which aims to replant thousands of trees. This will be achieved
through establishing nurseries, which will hand out seedlings to farmers. In addition, we will
train our farmers on regenerative organic agroforestry. We are planning to launch our
reforestation project in Sierra Leone towards the end of 2019. We envision this project as a
test-case, which can later be replicated for other supply chains.
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REPLANTING THE FOREST
Peru
PRESERVING THE
RAINFOREST
In Peru, organic cocoa farmers
are helping to replant the
rainforest. Our partnership with
Acopagro, a local cooperative,
goes back more than two
decades. This cooperative
supports their farmers with high-
level technical expertise,
enabling their farmers to
professionalize their organic
cocoa production.
Their latest project addresses the
topic of deforestation. For many
years, farmers in Peru have used
traditional slash-and-burn
methods to clear plots of
rainforest to make way for new
plantations. Acopagro and its
farmers initiated an advanced
agroforestry project, which is
actually helping to replant trees
on existing plantations. This
approach is boosting cocoa
production, while helping to
preserve the rainforest.
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