Background

This project promotes sustainable cocoa production in Madagascar’s Sambirano valley through landscape governance and environmental service conservation.

Publications

Key figures

  • Country and region(s): Madagascar

  • Project duration: 2020 – 2022

  • Implementation partner: Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation Madagascar

  • Further partners: Lindt & Sprüngli, Valrhona, Millot, CDE University of Berne, Earthworm Foundation, SECO, SWISSCO

  • Budget: CHF 60’000 (10% of overall project budget)

Main objectives

This project aimed to develop innovative methods for assessing the environmental benefits of cocoa agroforestry in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Specifically, it focused on:

  • Develop a landscape management plan integrating conservation and cocoa production

  • Prevent cocoa expansion into ecologically sensitive areas

Results

  • Identified priority zones for conservation and production

  • Implemented governance and planning instruments

  • Improved resilience and sustainability of cocoa landscapes