REGIONAL PROGRAM
OVERVIEW
STCP Regional Program
STCP has been developed as a regional program in order to enhance the synergies to be gained by working across institutions and countries to successfully develop sustainable tree crop production. The four largest African cocoa producers (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria) are included in the program and account for approximately two-thirds of total world production. The fifth member of the program is Guinea whose diversified agricultural economy includes cocoa, cashew and robusta coffee as major sub-sectors.
Three "cross-cutting" regional projects have been developed to support the seven national pilot projects across West Africa:
- Child Labor,
- Technology Delivery, Research and Impact, and
- Trade and Information Systems.
These projects are being developed by organizations with the necessary expertise and capabilities in the respective areas. [Please use the active links to learn more about these regional projects.]
Finally, a regional program management structure has been developed to support and link the pilot projects and regional activities. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is hosting the STCP regional program and will manage it through the STCP Regional and National Coordination Units. The Child Labor Regional Project will be hosted and managed by the International Labor Organization (ILO) through its international program on the elimination of child labor (IPEC). The Donor Alliance Committee will ensure a broad-based public-private partnership to support STCP; a Donor Liaison office is assisting with development of communication tools and material to serve the Alliance. The STCP Steering Committee, consisting of 15 members from farmers groups, industry/trade, funding agencies, national network chairs and the program host institution is providing general oversight to the STCP program as a whole.
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