Publications

Efforts
to
ensure
the
use
of
CCAFS
climate
science
and
site-­‐specific
Climate-­‐Smart
Agriculture
(CSA)
practices
in
the
Rainforest
Alliance
voluntary
certification
scheme
and
in
impact
investment
approaches
implemented
by
Root
Capital
began
in
2015.
The
project
leverages
existing
smallholder
value
chain
interventions
to
translate
climate
science
into
actionable
strategies
for
farmers
and
supporting
actors,
including
agricultural
businesses,
voluntary
certification
schemes,
and
investors,
across
a
number
of
geographies
using
smallholder
coffee
and
cocoa
systems
in
Africa
and
Latin
America
as
model
cases.
Initial
outcomes
include
a
clear
demand
from
private
sector
partners
for
improved
information
on
climate
change
and
cocoa
in
Ghana
expressed
by
the
widespread
use
of
exposure
maps
at
the
recent
global
World
Cocoa
Foundation
partnership
meeting.
Companies
such
as
Hershey’s,
Mars,
Lindt,
Tom’s,
Guittard
and
Tcho
as
well
as
key
trading
houses
like
ECOM,
Olam
and
ADM
have
shown
interest,
and
some
have
offered
to
provide
additional
data
to
further
improve
the
models.
The
World
Cocoa
Foundation
has
also
requested
further
engagement
to
mainstream
results
at
the
sector
level.
The
long-­‐term
objective
is
defined
as
adoption
of
recommended
CSA
practices
by
15%
of
global
cocoa
producers
and
7%
of
global
coffee
producers,
as
well
as
the
provision
of
USD
350
million
of
tailored
financial
products
to
producer
organizations,
traders,
exporters,
and
other
key
value
chain
actors
by
2019.