Jain Farm Fresh

Hauts plateaux du centre

Réserve du mont Kumbira

Région du Cavally

Local Indicators

Forest Positive Coalition

LandScale

The Cavally region is one of the main forested areas of Côte d'Ivoire. With an estimated population of 708,241 people in 11,376 km2, it is also a major producer of cocoa and rubber. However, the region is plagued by deforestation and lost about 80% of its forest cover between 1960 and 2018, mainly due to agricultural activities. Deforestation affects not only forests in the rural domain, but also protected areas such as the Taï National Park and classified forests such as the Cavally, Goin Débé or Scio classified forests.
To respond to this challenge, the Cavally Regional Council led the development of two documents that support the sustainable development of the region: a Regional Land Use and Development Plan (SRADT) and a Green Growth Plan, which were developed through a participatory process that brought together a coalition of public and private sector actors, technical and financial partners and civil society – a process supported by the IDH.
In March 2022, 27 public and private organizations and civil society representatives signed a Memorandum of Understanding (a Production, Protection, and Inclusion Pact), through which they pledged to work together for&nbsp;inclusive and environmentally sound growth in the region <a href="https://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/landscapes/cavally-cote-divoire/">Cavally</a>&nbsp;.
Through this agreement, the signatories committed to support the implementation of the green growth plan, in the following pillars:
<ul>
<li>Protection, restoration and sustainable management of the Taï National Park;</li>
<li>Inclusion of the population in the protection and restoration of forests, with a focus on youth and women;</li>
<li>Promotion of firewood and timber through new tree plantations;</li>
<li>Improved productivity of cash crops (cocoa, coffee, rubber, etc.) and food products (rice, corn, cassava, yams, etc.);</li>
<li>Facilitating access to finance through VSLAs;</li>
<li>Support for the acquisition of land certificates.</li>
</ul>

Cavally Region

About The Initiatives for Sustainable Landscapes (ISLA) in the Central Highlands-Vietnam
The Central Highlands of Vietnam is home to 95% of all coffee production and over 60% of pepper production in Vietnam, making the Central Highlands the second-largest coffee producer and exporter and the largest pepper exporter in the world. 
In the landscape programme, IDH brings together businesses, governments, farmers, communities and civil society to build sustainable governance models in the sourcing landscape. Through our PPI approach, we create areas where agricultural products are grown sustainably (Production), forests and natural resources are safeguarded (Protection), and communities thrive (Inclusion). IDH focuses on 2 key commodities: coffee and pepper. See below:
Coffee
Vietnam is providing employment opportunities for hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers. The Central Highlands region, encompassing provinces such as Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Kontum, Gia Lai, and Dak Nong, serves as the primary hub for coffee cultivation.
For the coffee sector, the programme focuses on supporting a large sustainable sourcing landscape through the PPI compact approach for sustainable coffee production and income improvement.&nbsp;
In the new context of the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) going to be effective soon, IDH is bringing together government bodies, NGOs, and private coffee businesses to foster knowledge sharing, develop and implement cost-effective solutions for EUDR compliance.
&nbsp;Pepper
As the co-chair (together with the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture of Rural Development, and the Vietnam Pepper &amp; Spices Association) of the Pepper Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Task Force, IDH is collaborating with multi-stakeholders to support the sector sustainability and market requirements. 
Through the partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Pepper &amp; Spice Association (VPSA), the European Spices Association (ESA), American Spices and Trade Association (ASTA) and Sustainable Spices Initiatives (SSI), international and domestic companies and CSOs, we co-design and co-implement the joint projects, which provide cross-sector solutions on smallholder farmer livelihoods, working conditions, agrochemical use and climate change issues.

Central Highlands

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Mount Kumbira Reserve

Ecookim Coop-Ca (from here on: Ecookim) is a union of cooperatives that purchases, processes and exports cocoa beans in Côte d’Ivoire. Ecookim is experiencing continued growth and currently counts with&nbsp;30&nbsp;member cooperatives&nbsp;and approx. 30,000 producers covering an area of close to 97,000 hectares of cocoa, and&nbsp;1,472 producers of cashew nuts across 9,390 hectares. The aim of the project is supporting this agroforestry transition in the scope of a larger investment into Ecookim, which would include an investment in the agroforestry transition, increase in cocoa processing and bio cashew operations.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Agroforestry Transition with Incentives

​​​​​​​The Project Proposal includes a detailed description of the Project. In brief, the Project can be described as follows: 

The Taï National Park (TNP) and the classified forest of Cavally are the main forest relics of the Cavally region. They are under increasing pressure from surrounding communities, who are looking for additional land to cover their immediate needs: food production (leading to extensive farming), energy (with woods) and income generation (e.g. through cocoa and coffee production).

The proposed project aims at containing and reducing the pressure on the Taï National Park and Cavally classified forest in the eastern part of the Cavally region while improving the incomes of the region's populations, in line with the PPI approach.

This project is part of the implementation of the green growth plan of the Cavally region and contributes to the three pillars of the PPI Compact. To this end, it was prepared and will be implemented by six signatories of the Cavally platform.

The project specific objectives are:

<ul>
	<li>Protect the source of the Hanna River draining the TNP and contribute to the protection of 40,000 ha of the Cavally Classified Forest. </li>
	<li>Improve the agricultural practices of coffee farmers and the income of farmers riparian communities.</li>
</ul>

These objectives line up with the PPI-approach, which will serve as the framework for the implementation of this project.

Supported Initiatives

Cavally Region

Central Highlands

Mount Kumbira Reserve