Testing the quality of the cocoa beans at a co-operative in Côte d'Ivoire. Chocolate from these communities are used in leading Nestlé brands manafactured at York in the UK, such as KitKat

Support provided to cocoa farmers in Africa ranges from technical assistance on income generation to new strategies to deal with crop infestation, to specifc interventions designed to address issues of child labor. Specific programs directed at farmers in West Africa include field schools to help farmers with supply chain issues, as well as grassroots “training of trainers” program to help eliminate the worst forms of child labor. These programs and partnerships have been undertaken jointly by a dozen companies in the cocoa industry; governments in the producer countries of West Africa; donor agencies in the US, Canada and Europe; labor unions; cocoa traders and processors, and a range of local and international NGOs.

See Creating Shared Value in Action through sustainable cocoa farming in the Côte d'Ivoire.