In 2015, Barry Callebaut acquired a direct sourcing and farm services model in Ghana to reach tens of thousands of farmers, buying their cocoa and giving them access to Cocoa Horizons activities such as coaching, tools and inputs, e.g. pruning equipment and quality seedlings, as well as financing to fund investments in improving farm quality.

Getting one step closer to farmers enables our teams on the ground to build relationships, have a closer understanding of the challenges they face to create tailored solutions to positively impact farmers’ livelihoods and help lift them out of poverty. Community-level interventions are a strong part of the program - with farmers undergoing sensitization and monitoring to eliminate child labor from the cocoa supply chain.