Building protective cocoa communities
7 August 2013
One of ICI’s priorities in 2013 is the implementation of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) to support cocoa farmers to increase their yield and thus their income. The additional income can be used to improve the farmers’ children’s access to school and also to hire adult labour, both of which reduce the likelihood of children carrying out hazardous work on the cocoa farm. In January 2013, 70 cocoa farmers (named “FFS community facilitators”) were selected from 70 communities to take part in the Farmer Field School organised by ICI in Kumasi. The course has been developed as a “trainer of trainers” (
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