LES PLANTEURS WCFO FONDATION FARMGATE

Invités du FESTIVAL SENS & CHOCOLAT

pour faire entendre la voix du planteur

750 000 planteurs dans 12 pays du monde

 Invité le LUNDI 5 Février 2018

 à la Cérémonie des Cacaos-Oscars des 4 pays

Le directeur executif et les planteurs WCFO

www.worldcocoafarmers.org

Executive Director Sako WARREN

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WCFO Values

Partnerships
We value strategic partnership with diverse stakeholders in the value chain, which including governments to measurable change in a transparent and balanced cocoa sector, that provide equal opportunity for all actors.

Professionalizing cocoa farming
We see cocoa farming as a profession, therefore farmers and workers should be able to earn profit from their produce so they can have improved their living condition, invest in their farms and take care of their families.

Community empowerment
We encourage a cocoa sector where cocoa is produced free from child and forced labour, and where women have the privilege to own farm, and have equal opportunity as men and communities have access to schools, health centre and clean drinking water.

Farmers and farm workers empowerment
Cocoa sector where farmers and farm workers are empowering and strengthen, so they able to contribute in decision making process and play a front role towards achieving cocoa sustainability.

Responsible Farming Methods
We encourage and promote sustainability in the sector, through supporting and funding projects and other activities. We facilitate to make it possible for farmers to have better working tools, and access to Responsible Farming Methods (RFMs).

Child and forced labour
We advocate and lobby in order to eradicate child and forced labour in cocoa farms , including other unacceptable practices against children, we believe children should be free and most must be protected and have rights education and access to better care.

Gender inequality
We promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in cocoa growing communities and for women to be able to make their contribution in cocoa activities at all levels to better their livelihood.

Certification
Certification is a useful tool to add credibility and value to products and crops, to ensure implementation of responsible farming practice. At the same time, it can be used to improve livelihood of farmers and workers, we encourage and promote the use of Responsible Farming Methods.

Responsible trade practice
We promote trade relationships that based on mutual respect and that distribute power, risks and profit equitably. We believe that trade should be used as a tools to help alleviate poverty, create opportunities and eradicate inequality. Trade must promote unfair compensation, safe and healthy conditions and must be long term engagement.

Consumer awareness
we acknowledge the need to provide consumers with facts about concerning the sector, we value consumers participation for it will create positive impact in the sully chain. Consumer merit the right to be fully inform on the products they consume. Consumers are ready to pay a fair and appropriate price if they are aware of the producers situation.

WCFO Organization

World Cocoa Farmers Organization (WCFO) is established in 2014 as an independent grass root organization, with the objectives to defend and protect the interests of cocoa farmers and farm workers worldwide. WCFO seeks to collaborate and work together with partners and stakeholders to improve the value chain, through facilitating a coordinated effort, which will benefit cocoa farmers and farm workers and pave the way for a healthy, prosperous and sustainable cocoa supply chain.

Members of WCFO are smallholder cocoa farmers, farm workers, cooperatives, associations and workers unions from across the globe. WCFOs’ platform also serves as a point for exchange of knowledge, best practice, experience and expertise between cocoa farmers and farm workers across the globe.Our partnership with WCFO is strategical important for both parties: more information about WCFO visit www.worldcocoafarmers.org..

As globalization becomes unavoidable, there is the need to give opportunity to cocoa farmers to make it possible to interact with other stakeholders. This will make it posible for them to sell their cocoa beans directly to buyers. That is why FGF believes that trade should have no boundaries or limitation. Therefore it is important that the Foundation works with cocoa farmers, especially the smallholders, by working together with WCFO.FGF collaborates also with other partners and stakeholders in the value chain to support programs that will empower and strengthen cocoa farmers and farm workers. This will also make it possible for cocoa farmers to be able to meet sector expectation to improve quality and increase yield of cocoa bean.

The cocoa value chain should become an example to globalization by promoting the empowerment of cocoa growing community. Paving the way for a fair and balanced distribution of value chain profits.