Fairtrade, ECOOKIM and Mars launch groundbreaking new livelihoods improvement program in Abidjan, supporting 5,000 ECOOKIM cocoa farmers on a path to a living income by 2030

Mars, Incorporated, ECOOKIM and Fairtrade launched a groundbreaking new cocoa farmer livelihoods improvement program — Livelihoods Ecosystem Advancement Program (LEAP) – in what they believe could be one of the industry’s most comprehensive efforts to date designed to address persistent barriers to cocoa farmers’ ability to achieve a living income. The program was co-created by ECOOKIM farmer members, Mars and Fairtrade and aims to support 5,000 smallholder farmers in Côte d’Ivoire on a path to a living income by 2030.  The findings from the initiative will be used to create a…

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