The SUSTAIN-COCOA project explores how sustainability initiatives in cocoa agroforestry—especially shade-tree cover—can reduce deforestation, support biodiversity and climate change mitigation, and improve livelihoods through research, stakeholder engagement, and scalable, collaborative solutions.
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In The Wheat Code, Clara is piloting a project to integrate agroforestry methods, learned in part from cocoa systems, into Agricorp’s operations. This includes planting shade trees alongside wheat to enhance carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
The SUSTAIN-COCOA project focuses on how sustainability initiatives (SSIs) in cocoa supply chains can reduce deforestation and promote biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and livelihood resilience. It specifically investigates the role of shade-tree cover in cocoa agroforestry systems, which has the potential to restore biodiversity, enhance carbon storage, improve food production, and increase farm incomes.
