Vision, Mission & Focus Areas

Empowering Agricultural Development Innovators

Our vision is that the cultivation, production and processing of raw materials used in chocolate has a positive effect on sustainable agricultural development in origin countries.

Our mission is to foster sustainable agriculture in developing and emerging regions through the support of innovative projects that aim at enabling farmers to improve their practices in the cultivation, production and processing of raw materials used in chocolate.

In order to reach the mission, the foundation focuses on the following areas:

• Support projects that aim at creating the motivation, capabilities and capacity of farmers to improve their farming practices
• Support projects that aim at fostering an enabling environment and removing constraints farmers face to improve their practices
• Support research projects that aim at increasing the understanding about the farmers and their environment in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of projects