The Power of Art to Raise Deforestation Awareness
Magnum recently unveiled a unique arts and radio collaboration as part of its announcement of a large-scale agroforestry project in… Read More
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Reducing Deforestation and Raising Incomes through Cocoa Agroforestry
Can agroforestry truly reduce deforestation? Does it increase farmer incomes? According to recent research, the answers to these questions are… Read More
A Strong and Resilient Foundation on Which to Build a Transformative Future
The launch of the International Cocoa Initiative’s (ICI) 2020 Annual Report during the International Year for the Elimination of Child… Read More
Cocoa Initiative Makes Progress in Saving West Africa’s Forests
The year 2020 had barely started when everything shut down due to the global pandemic. While I was lucky to… Read More
Scientists Make a Sweet Discovery on a West African Cocoa Farm
In 2019, scientist Crinan Jarrett was working a mistnet on a cocoa farm in Cameroon when she let out an… Read More
Context Matters: Ghana Land and Tree Tenure in Cocoa Communities
What is the most effective and efficient approach to achieve improved land and tree tenure? Will improved land tenure or… Read More
“New Ways of Cultivating Cocoa”
Comfort Owusuaa and Isaac Boafo are two cocoa farmers from Assin Bereku, in central Ghana. In this region, where cocoa… Read More
“It’s Important to Restore the Forest to Cope with Climate Change”
Diagone remembers that when he was younger, there were many large trees on the farm where his family grows cocoa. Read More
A Landscape Approach to Supporting Sustainable Cocoa
Natural forests capture carbon dioxide, increase biodiversity, and improve soil quality, providing ecosystem services that entire communities benefit from. For Ghana’s 800,000 cocoa-farming households… Read More
“Fully Own My Trees, and Plant More of Them”
Portia Sani is a 32-year-old cocoa farmer from Sefwi Elluokrom in the Western North region of Ghana. She successfully manages… Read More