Explore how the Rainforest Alliance has supported Nescafé’s sustainability initiative through long-term monitoring and evaluation across coffee-growing countries.
When implemented at the landscape scale, regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions hold great potential for change in communities experiencing high rates of deforestation and biodiversity loss, strained water availability, and low production quality. These challenges often result from a convergence of factors operating on a wider scale than a single sector or supply chain.
he FLOURISH project addresses socioeconomic challenges faced by women and youth in farming communities who are marginalized despite their critical role in global supply chains.... Continue Reading
The Rainforest Alliance has supported Nestle Cocoa Plan’s work with cocoa farming families around the world since 2017. One of the services we offer is data-powered monitoring and evaluation of field programs, so we can better assess sustainability impacts for people and nature directly on the ground. Between 2017 and 2024, we visited nearly 12,000 […]
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana are the largest producers of cocoa in the world, with millions of families relying on the crop for their livelihoods. Yet cocoa farmers earn, on average, only six percent of the final product’s value in stores, making poverty and food insecurity common. Additionally, women make up a significant part of the […]
Despite producing around 45 percent of the world’s cocoa beans, an estimated 87 percent of cocoa-growing households in Côte d’Ivoire earn below a living income.... Continue Reading