Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business has announced a US$3.25m support package for Ivorian cocoa farmers.

The US agribusiness giant will invest the money in training for farmers and the distribution of 600,000 cocoa tree seedlings to co-operatives to help improve existing farms.

Lionel Soulard, managing director for West Africa, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate said: “Successful cocoa growing communities are important both for the development of the Ivorian economy and for our own business.

“We want to continue to provide support and assistance, where we can, to help improve the quality, yields and incomes of farmers so that cocoa farming can continue to thrive in the country for many generations to come.”

The programme is part of Cargill’s Sustainable Cocoa Programme, which was launched to build a sustainable cocoa supply chain, support cocoa farmers and improve livelihoods in cocoa-growing communities.

Cargill expecting to buy 50,000 tonnes of cocoa from the country’s farmers over the coming year.

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