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Fairtrade West Africa cocoa programme monitoring report: First edition

Monitoring report
Research report

Published 2020 by Fairtrade International. Authored by Fairtrade International and Fairtrade Africa

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Fairtrade International

Sustainability Issues:

Child rights and wellbeing
Consumers and supply chains
Health and wellbeing

Outcomes of Interest:

Food security
Income diversification
Market access

Specific Themes:

Cooperatives
Gender
Supply chain benefits

Sectors:

Agriculture

Products:

Cocoa

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 1 - No Poverty
SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
SDG 5 - Gender Equality
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Africa

Summary

This monitoring report forms part of Fairtrade's strategy to monitor the impacts of the West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP), presenting aggregated information about the impacts of WACP. The paper reports against indicators used to track the desired long-term and intermediate impacts, outcomes, and outputs, as outlined in the WACP theory of change.

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Fairtrade West Africa cocoa programme monitoring report: First edition

Monitoring report
Research report

Published 2020 by Fairtrade International. Authored by Fairtrade International and Fairtrade Africa

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