News and Resources

Upcoming Vanilla Event in Tanzania

The Vanilla 2019 Conference will be held November 4-8, 2019 in Moshi, Tanzania, focusing on the future of vanilla and vanillin. For more information on the program, please see the…
- 18 Apr 2019
- Sustainable Vanilla Initiative
- Vanilla
Upcoming Vanilla Event in Tanzania
Vanilla can be a Profitable and Climate-Smart Crop for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

On a recent trip to Uganda, SVI members rallied for increased regulations and policies that seek to improve the sustainability of the vanilla sector. Through meetings with over 35 individuals…
- 18 Apr 2019
- Fresh & Ingredients
- Sustainable Vanilla Initiative
- Vanilla
Vanilla can be a Profitable and Climate-Smart Crop for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes ISLA Kenya

Through the Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes (ISLA Kenya), IDH aims to restore and conserve 60,000 hectares of the forest by 2030. …
- 18 Apr 2019
- ISLA Kenya
Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes ISLA Kenya
Avanza consolidación de Plan de Acción a 10 años de la Iniciativa Cacao, Bosques y Paz en Colombia

La Secretaría Técnica de la Iniciativa Cacao, Bosques & Paz está elaborando un plan de acción a 10 años mediante la consolidación de más de 275 entrevistas en profundidad que…
- 17 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Avanza consolidación de Plan de Acción a 10 años de la Iniciativa Cacao, Bosques y Paz en Colombia
Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans Now Available

Thirty companies, accounting for about 85% of global cocoa usage, have now released their individual action plans to end deforestation in the cocoa sector and restore forest areas. The action…
- 11 Apr 2019
- Cocoa
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
- Ghana
Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans Now Available
Dutch trade mission signs agreement to reduce water use and protect forests in Vietnamese coffee production areas

International coffee companies, including Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Louis Dreyfus and ACOM, the Sustainable Trade Initiative and the Dutch and Vietnamese governments are going to work together to reduce water, fertilizer and…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Central Highlands - Vietnam
- Vietnam
Dutch trade mission signs agreement to reduce water use and protect forests in Vietnamese coffee production areas
10-year action plan of the Cocoa, Forests and Peace Initiative taking shape in Colombia

The Initiative’s Technical Secretariat is creating a 10-year action plan by consolidating more than 250 in-depth interviews that have been conducted in the country’s cocoa regions. The outcome of the…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
10-year action plan of the Cocoa, Forests and Peace Initiative taking shape in Colombia
Major progress in the promotion of cocoa agroforestry in Côte d’Ivoire

In the face of the alarming reduction in forest cover in Côte d’Ivoire, agroforestry is emerging as a solution that can effectively contribute to the sustainability of the cocoa sector…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Major progress in the promotion of cocoa agroforestry in Côte d’Ivoire
Des avancées majeures pour la promotion de l’agroforesterie dans la culture du cacao en Côte d’Ivoire

Face à la réduction alarmante du couvert forestier en Côte d’Ivoire, l’agroforesterie apparait comme une solution pouvant contribuer efficacement à la durabilité du secteur du cacao et à l’effort national…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Des avancées majeures pour la promotion de l’agroforesterie dans la culture du cacao en Côte d’Ivoire
Des avancées au plan politique et sur le terrain pour la protection des forêts en Côte d’Ivoire

La forêt de la Côte d’Ivoire, autrefois primaire et dense, est désormais devenue une mosaïque de forêts secondaires, de plantations de cultures de rente, de cultures vivrières et de terres…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Des avancées au plan politique et sur le terrain pour la protection des forêts en Côte d’Ivoire
Positive developments on policy and in the field for forest protection in Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire’s once dense primary forest has now become a mosaic of secondary forests, cash crop plantations, food crops and fallow land. According to the BNETD, forest cover represents 11%…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Positive developments on policy and in the field for forest protection in Côte d’Ivoire
Progress on forest maps, monitoring and farm boundaries in Ghana

The Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) commits companies and the Ghana government to stop further conversion of any forest land for cocoa production, as well as end production and sourcing…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Progress on forest maps, monitoring and farm boundaries in Ghana
Social and Environmental Safeguards Guidelines for Ghana

Deforestation has many drivers, including the farmers/communities that are illegally encroaching on forest areas to produce cocoa. To stop deforestation and restore forests, some of these communities will need to…
- 10 Apr 2019
- Cocoa & Forests Initiative
Social and Environmental Safeguards Guidelines for Ghana
Investing in smallholder coffee farmers through innovative finance

Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, the world’s largest green coffee trader by volume, is rethinking their smallholder sourcing strategy with the knowledge they’ve gained and de-risking funds received from IDH Farmfit. They…
- 5 Apr 2019
- Coffee
Investing in smallholder coffee farmers through innovative finance

News and Resources

Upcoming Vanilla Event in Tanzania

Vanilla can be a Profitable and Climate-Smart Crop for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes ISLA Kenya

Avanza consolidación de Plan de Acción a 10 años de la Iniciativa Cacao, Bosques y Paz en Colombia

Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans Now Available

Dutch trade mission signs agreement to reduce water use and protect forests in Vietnamese coffee production areas

10-year action plan of the Cocoa, Forests and Peace Initiative taking shape in Colombia

Major progress in the promotion of cocoa agroforestry in Côte d’Ivoire

Des avancées majeures pour la promotion de l’agroforesterie dans la culture du cacao en Côte d’Ivoire

Des avancées au plan politique et sur le terrain pour la protection des forêts en Côte d’Ivoire

Positive developments on policy and in the field for forest protection in Côte d’Ivoire

Progress on forest maps, monitoring and farm boundaries in Ghana

Social and Environmental Safeguards Guidelines for Ghana

Investing in smallholder coffee farmers through innovative finance

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