Progressing the Dialogue on Tree Registration in Cocoa Farms in Ghana
Tree tenure, the ownership and benefit sharing in planted and naturally growing trees on cocoa farms, is a very delicate issue to tackle when working with local farmers in Ghana.
Through establishing a block farm model in Ghana, HPW has significantly increased the yields and incomes of smallholder farmers, in addition to increasing its own supply of pineapples.
IDH Farmfit provides new incentives for financial service providers to step into agricultural finance
Unlocking the USD 200 billion smallholder finance market The Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab (the Lab) and IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) have joined forces…
IDH is working towards living wages in the banana sector, supporting specific interventions in Ghana and Ecuador and in Costa Rica and Belize. Employment in the export sector promises a…
Next steps to halt deforestation announced by chocolate industry and government of Ghana
The government of Ghana and companies involved in the chocolate and cocoa supply chain presented a series of practical actions to implement the Joint Framework of Action signed at COP23…
Joint efforts of chocolate industry and government of Côte d’Ivoire to halt deforestation announced
Today the government of Côte d’Ivoire and companies involved in the chocolate and cocoa supply chain presented a series of practical actions to implement the Joint Framework of Action signed…
Why engaging in a landscape approach is good for business
A new series of case analyses by IDH shows why it makes good business sense for companies to engage in a landscape approach to sustainable production, forest…
Touton: The business case for a landscape approach to sustainable cocoa production in Ghana
“Cocoa production and sustainable forest management are closely linked, and strongly influence each other. The challenge is now to turn the vicious cycle of environmental degradation and low…