A new independent report by the KIT Institute shows that the Nestlé Income Accelerator continues to deliver measurable gains in productivity, women’s empowerment, cocoa income and household resilience. The evaluation covers nearly 2,000 participating households in Côte d’Ivoire assessed during the program’s test-at-scale phase since its launch in 2022. The KIT Institute report found that participating cocoa-farming households increased cocoa yields by 4% in kilograms per hectare, while yields declined by 16% among comparable households. That represents a 20 percentage point advantage for participating households. During the particularly challenging 2024/2025…
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