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Cameroon: Cocoa farmers received over €1.4 million in premium payments
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More than 9,500 cocoa farmers in Cameroon have received
over €1.4 million in premium payments under Cargill’s Cocoa Promise program –
the largest certification payments in the country.
Cameroon is the fourth largest producer of cocoa beans
globally, and Cargill believes it is critical the industry contributes and
helps to build a sustainable cocoa sector for farmers and their communities.
While Cargill (as part of the joint venture Telcar) has
been training cocoa farmers in Cameroon since 2011, its Cocoa Promise scheme
has become more advanced in the last year, training nearly 21,000 cocoa farmers
at over 600 farmer field schools and building 11 boreholes for local
communities to increase access to potable drinking water.
A further 10,000 farmers are expected to undergo this
training in 2016/2017 and an additional eight local communities have been
identified for new borehole projects.
The premium payments are made to certified farmer
cooperatives with 50 per cent going directly to individual members, and the
remainder being invested in projects that boost productivity or farm
development for the farmer organisation or projects that will benefit the wider
community.
For Cameroon, this has so far included boreholes, 100
scholarships, 10 Cassava grinding machines for women’s groups and
credit/discount schemes for crop protection products.
The premiums and ceremonies are an incentive for farmers
to adopt good agricultural practices and to directly support and influence
improvements that will make a difference to their own communities. Premiums are
paid by Telcar/Cargill to farmers, but represent a contribution from Cargill’s
customers that purchase certified products globally.
To continuously increase the reach and impact of the
company’s programme in Cameroon, a key priority of the Cargill Cocoa Promise is
to further develop and professionalise farmer organisations.
In March 2016, the Cargill Coop Academy was established
in Cameroon, based on the model in Cote d’Ivoire. The Academy provides business
education and is on target to train over 900 executives from 227 farmer
organisations over four years. Since March, 60 cooperatives have participated
and their leaders have started the 28-day intensive curriculum and year-long
personalised one-on-one coaching.
Speaking on behalf of Cargill, Lionel Soulard, regional
managing director for Africa at Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, said, “It is
exciting to see the development of the cocoa sector in Cameroon and the
significant progress that has been made so far.
“With the significant buy-in and demand from our
customers for certified cocoa our long-term goal is to contribute to a thriving
cocoa sector for farmers and their communities. To make this happen, we have
set up the right support, tools and training to help farmers and communities
improve their livelihoods and contribute to professionalising the coops. Only
when farmers take their own destiny in their own hands will we have a truly
sustainable cocoa sector.”
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