Women and Youth Empowerment

Focused on empowering young people to engage in
agriculture, last year our Growing Fairer Futures projects
supported 243 young people (50 in Ivory Coast and 193
in Rwanda) to establish their own coffee or cocoa farm
to provide them with a sustainable source of income.
Project 3: Growing Fairer Futures ~ Ivory Coast
In Ivory Coast, this project, launched in 2020, is being
delivered in partnership with local cocoa co-operative,
CAYAT. During the first year, farmers received training
in GAP, CSA and agri-business skills. They were also
provided with 37,500 cocoa seedlings and 625 shade
trees. Currently, we are in the third year of this project,
and the young farmers continue to receive essential
farming inputs to maintain their farms, along with
ongoing support and guidance from extension officers at
CAYAT. The first harvest is anticipated to commence in
early November 2023, with each farm projected to yield
between 35 and 50 kg of cocoa.

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