The team
This ambitious project brings together partners from a wide range of backgrounds: cooperatives, scientists, NGOs, artisan chocolatiers and organic fair-trade companies, who work in a complementary manner to reinvent cocoa farming, with respect for both people and nature.
Following the success of phase 1 of the project in the Dominican Republic, CACAOFOREST is now being rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire! The world’s leading cocoa producer. But it currently faces numerous challenges: declining soil fertility, ageing cocoa plantations, heavy pest pressure, and more.
Spanning three years (2025–2028), the CACAOFOREST project aims to restore soil fertility through agroforestry in order to ensure the sustainability of cocoa production.
Simon Parent
Agronome
Noémie Rullier
Agronome & Chargée de projets
Anaïs Chotard
Chargée de mission
Kouadio Ange François Konan
Conseiller Formateur
Rolande Kouassi Ettien
Cheffe de projet
Project structured around three objectives
Contribute to promoting agroforestry cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and support changes in producers' practices towards economically sustainable agroecological practices that guarantee the preservation of resources as well as high-quality cocoa and regular production.
Accelerate the restoration of cocoa plantation soils through a participatory action research approach.
Improve training programmes for agricultural advisers to provide tailored, co-constructed support.
Our partners
- All
- Academic partners
- Coopératives Partenaires
- Coordination
- Coordination
- GIS Cacaoforest
- GIS Cacaoforest
- Partenaires académiques
- Partner cooperatives
SCOOPAGEA
CAPEDIG
Ecookim
INPHB
Cirad
Isara
Nitidae
Weiss
Valrhona
Terra Isara
Relais Desserts
Carambar&Co
La Maison du Chocolat
de Neuville
Voisin
CÉMOI
Ecotone
