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US delegation to Ghana visits a
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Dr. Keiichi Takaki (Foundation for Advanced Studies on Int’nal Dev.) interacts with cocoa farmers in Ghana |
The Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) started in 2000. It is a public-private partnership and innovation platform that seeks to generate growth in rural income among tree crop farmers in an environmentally and socially responsible manner in West/Central Africa. This is achieved by introducing innovations to enhance productivity, increase marketing efficiency, diversify farmer income, and strengthen the institutional and policy environment. STCP, which is managed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), provides a framework for collaboration between farmers, the global cocoa industry, local private sector, national governments, NGOs, research institutes, and development investors. (www.treecrops.org)
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STCP/IITA Impact & Policy Analyst addresses cocoa sector stakeholders in a policy dialogue |
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"improve the economic and social well being of tree crop farmers and their communities, and the environmental sustainability of their systems in West and Central Africa.” |
The STCP Program has completed its pilot phase and has initiated a new 5-year program. The present phase will be building on past experiences and knowledge on various extension approaches and farmer group settings to improve the cocoa sector while achieving STCP’s mission. The program is presently active in 5 countries—Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria. STCP currently operates within 5 core strategic results principles:
- Enhanced productivity of cocoa farms through intensification
- Enhanced marketing efficiency in the cocoa sector
- Income alternatives in cocoa farming communities and agro-ecologies for equitable growth
- Improved policy environment to enable rural transformation in cocoa communities and agro-ecologies
- Scaling out of core program knowledge and expertise to tree crops and other agro-ecologies
For more on STCP’s new 5-year program, download the following: |
Core Program Synopsis (Five-Year New Phase Program) |
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| The STCP Regional Program Office is located at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture's (IITA) Humid Forest Ecoregional Center in Yaoundé, Cameroon. To learn more, contact STCP-wca@cgiar.org |
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