格萊瑉基金會

2022年12月6日

新鄉村計劃尋求改善生計25 k打椰子農民格萊瑉基金會,與Barry Callebaut合作,世界領先的高品質的巧克力和可可食品製造商,已經啟動了一個五年計劃的菲律賓達沃地區旨在提高25000小農幹椰子肉產量和收入,將它們連接到市場,同時確保積極的社會和環境影響。可持續椰子項目是由Barry Callebaut資助,以支持其可持續椰子油戰略和可持續的椰子油憲章。椰子油,從幹椰子肉,被發現在大多數糖果產品。目前,椰子生產無法跟上全球需求。在菲律賓,老樹,分散,難以捉摸的供應鏈,害蟲、疾病、氣候變化導致低產量。此外,菲律賓椰子農民的收益和收入遭受貧窮的擴展支持,采用良好農業規範(GAP)低,缺乏技術和金融服務,和低彈性自然災害,農業合作社工作時支持椰子的農民,其有效性受到低采用數字工具,缺乏財務和運營資源和未能包括女性農民。“可持續椰子項目將利用鄉村銀行提高生產力的豐富經驗,收入,和彈性的菲律賓椰子的農民,以及我們的廣泛的數碼解決方案和培訓內容,全麵解決障礙的合作社和農民的臉,”布倫特說Chism,格萊瑉基金會的臨時總裁兼首席執行官。奧利弗·馮·哈根,全球主管可持續原料,百樂嘉利寶說:“作為我們的承諾到2025年100%的可持續的原料,我們努力實現一個可持續的椰子,椰子油價值鏈。由於這個項目和與格萊瑉基金會合作,我們更接近這個目標,創造對地麵混凝土的影響,提高了成千上萬的農民的生計。“格萊瑉今年早些時候開始這個項目基線和市場評估達沃地區,在那裏他們會使用八個合作社,35場代理,和25000年農民。 The assessment, which surveyed 1,007 coconut farmers, found that: Coconut productivity in the region is considered low at 32 nuts per tree per year (Grameen Foundation, 2022), while the ideal productivity is 75 nuts per tree per year (Moreno et al., 2020). About 90 percent of the farmers heavily rely on cooperatives and/or local traders for their working capital through cash advances or loans. The average age of the survey participants is 60 years old, and the average age of a coconut tree in this region is 43 years old. The annual average income from copra activity is $1,400 annually. Agri-co-operatives play a crucial role as aggregators of smallholder farmers, especially in scaling and achieving business-to-business dealings with institutional markets. Women have untapped potential, which can be utilized in the agriculture sector, particularly in farm management, financial management, and product quality control. Leveling the agricultural playing field and empowering women to actively participate in farm business decisions can result in long-term benefits for the farm and their families. Grameen also held a solutions workshop in September in Davao City with key stakeholders, ranging from farmers and co-operative members to government agents and copra buyers. There, they held discussions on interventions to increase farm productivity and improve copra production, as well as increase access to finance, copra markets, and resiliency of farming households. As the program moves toward the training and deployment of extension workers to provide digital advisory services to farmers, Sustainable Coconut will use Grameen Foundation’s innovative FarmerLink solution. The platform provides farm data collected by field agents to help smallholder farmers increase productivity, deal with crop pests and diseases, improve quality, and increase the sustainability of their farms. Through this digital solution set, field agents are mobile-equipped to educate GAPs to farmers. FarmerLink includes a collection of farmer profiles and farm-level data to measure progress of farmers in the program.