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Our vision for a brighter future for cocoa

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan was launched back in 2009. It has engaged more than a 180 000 cocoa-farming families so far, building on our three pillars. Better farming, aiming to improve livelihoods in communities. Better lives, aiming to help cocoa families to enhance their social conditions. And Better cocoa, aiming to improve product cocoa tracebility..

Nestle cocoa plan

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is built on three pillars:

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Better Farming

We’re providing training and resources to help cocoa farmers improve yields and quality of produce. These promote good agricultural practices, such as pruning and planting shade trees to improve yields and increase resilience to weather conditions. We are also helping farmering families to diversify their income sources, by supporting the implementation of VSLAS (Village Savings and Loans Associations).

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Better Lives

It has been shown that when women are given more autonomy, communities thrive. We’re working to help improve social conditions of cocoa farming families, promote gender equality, help improve household revenues and incentivizing greater access to education. This also helps to reduce child labour risks. For example, together with our partners, we are supporting women in cocoa-growing communities through Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) , empowering them and improving their access to finances.

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Better Cocoa

We’re working on making our cocoa supply chain more transparent and traceable, and focusing on implementing cocoa forest initatives. As part of this initiative, we are collaborating with the Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of the Environment, Barry Callebaut, Touton, and Cocoasource, Swissco and Earthworm Foundation to protect the Cavally forest. More information here.

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Our Partners
Delivering impact together

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is building on more than a decade of experience in the field with the support and help of our partners. Progress and impact are made possible only with their support beginning with cocoa-farming families and the local communities.

Our Stories

Diversified Income

The Benefits of Beekeeping


Work can be seasonal for cocoa farmers in West Africa, with incomes slowing down outside of harvest periods. Beekeeping can give communities a low-space and low-expense source of additional income.

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Protecting
Forest Positive

Protecting and Restoring the West Africa’s Cavally Forest


The Cavally Forest Reserve is one of the largest of 234 classified forests in Côte d’Ivoire. In 2020, Nestlé began working alongside local people to protect and restore this dense landscape with great results.

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Forest Positive

Giving Cocoa Trees The Shade They Need


Shade trees stand as a sunblock for cocoa, allowing for moisture-rich crop spaces. So we’re distributing shade trees to cocoa farmers such as Dominic, who shares that “the results are clear for all to see.”

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Child Protection

Adissa And Emmanuella’s School Story


Adissa and Emmanuella had never attended school. As part of the Nestlé Cocoa Plan, we support access to education by developing bridge schools. Follow their education journey here. This is a translated text

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