Introduction
Since 1987, Socodevi has supported cocoa and coffee–producing families across several African countries to improve their operations, product marketing, and enterprise management.
A proven expertise for four decades!
West and Central Africa
Since 1987
CAD 11 million
Global Affairs Canada
100,000 people
Since 1987, Socodevi has supported cocoa and coffee–producing families across several African countries to improve their operations, product marketing, and enterprise management.
In Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria, our approach focuses primarily on strengthening the capacity of farmers’ organizations and co-operatives. Our goal is to improve collective cocoa and coffee marketing and increase producers’ incomes. Boosting on-farm productivity, improving product quality, and diversifying family income sources are all key strategies put in place.
The expertise and impact of the support provided in the cocoa and coffee sectors are now recognized worldwide—not only by donors, but also by major companies in the cocoa industry. Organizations such as Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Kraft, and the World Cocoa Foundation (with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) have entrusted Socodevi with mandates to enhance the performance of several producer co-operatives in the region.
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Farmers Hope (FAHO) co-operative was named the best cocoa co-operative in the Indénié-Djuablin region by the country’s Coffee-Cocoa Council in 2020!
Our various projects have shifted the sector toward performance:
The change has also been inclusive and sustainable: the number of women producers who are co-operative members increased, and co-operatives adopted several environmentally responsible practices. In short, this professionalization has strengthened incomes, reputations, and the positive footprint of the co-operative model supported by Socodevi.