Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate

1. Farmer capacity building towards a sustainable cocoa supply chain :Our experience in Côte d’Ivoire Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate ir. Marc Joncheere May 11, 2010

2. Purpose and content • Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. • Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate sources cocoa world wide and processes this cocoa into cocoa liquor, butter and powder as well as chocolate for the food industry and (branded) chocolate manufacturers. • We have a presence ‘on the ground’ in West Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brazil and engage with farm communities. • Following slides give a snapshot of some lessons learned in our engagement to promote and develop a sustainable cocoa economy in rural areas; more particularly in the major cocoa producing country,Côte d’Ivoire. • Purpose of the presentation : share our (cocoa) experience to make a difference for farmer communities in the origin countries.

3. 3 messages / lessons to be shared Know your supply chain & its components Do not re-invent the wheel Quick fixes and off-the-shelf solutions do not exist

4. Cocoa supply chain Cocoa supply chain is very complex

5. Cocoa in Origin Cocoa is growing in developing countries, which poses many social, economic and political challenges to the cocoa and chocolate industry GDP 2009

6. Cocoa farmer The cocoa farmer and his cry for information to improve not only the quality of his cocoa, but surely the quality of his living conditions

7. Quality seminars Support and train farmers to help them to improve their income Quality seminars About 10 years ago Cargill started with quality seminars for farmer 10,000 farmers trained a year … … using adapted material on location

8. Farmer Field Schools Increase farmer income Regular FFS Farmer field schools Goal: Improve yield, Improve quality, Stimulate the correct use of fertilizers and pesticides Topics: Good agricultural practices Post harvest practices Diseases Renew plantation Other training modules

9. Team up with professionals locally & globally ANADER - IvorianAgency for rural development (Agence nationale d’appui au développement rural) www.anader.ci CARE - a leadinghumanitarianorganizationfighting global poverty, througheducation & health programmes www.care.org HIV / AIDS Pepfar programme (US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) www.pepfar.gov

10. Quality results of Farmer Field Schools Our first experience with FFS in Côte d’Ivoire clearly indicated that, after few months of trainings, cocoa quality can be drastically improved at farm gate level.

11. Towards certification of sustainable cocoa After nearly 10 years of supporting rural development in West-Africa Cargill wanted to build on this experience and further develop sustainability in the cocoa supply chain Cargill was looking for an independent organization that could validate our efforts and could bring it to a broader multi-stakeholder effort

12. Lessons learned Know your supply chain and its key actors Listen first to the needs of the farmer/cooperative before coming into action Do not re-invent the wheel Use validated systems and appropriate, local and global, partners in order to bring consistent & clear messages Quick fixes and off-the-shelf solutions do not exist Be patient, stay calm & persevere : be committed !

13. Engaging our Communities – Cargill’s Commitment to Sustainable Farming 13 One of the best ways we can engage with cocoa communities, is to be committed to sustainable farming practices We believe that training farmers is the key to • building a sustainable supply chain, • helping increase farmers’ incomes, • realizing future growth of cocoa farming, • supporting the cocoa communities. We want to help cocoa farmers be successful for generations to come