4th Journée PRO-PLANTEURS

© Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao e.V.

© Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao e.V.

© Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao e.V.

On 07 July 2022, the 4th Journée PRO-PLANTEURS took place on the theme "Child labour and job opportunities"! This year, more than 80 participants exchanged views on how to manage the generational change and whether innovations bring new jobs. The recurring Journée PRO-PLANTEURS provides a review of the project successes to date and an exchange on the vision of the PRO-PLANTEURS project. Above all, the PRO-PLANTEURS day offers a space for personal exchange between the project partners and cocoa cooperatives. After introductory remarks by the project leader Sonia Lehmann and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MEMINADER), the state of implementation of phase II of the project was presented. Various experts shared their insights on the topics of child labour in agriculture, employment opportunities in agriculture, with a focus on young people, and digitalisation in rural areas. PRO-PLANTEURS, the joint project of GISCO, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Conseil du Café-Cacao (CCC), works with more than 30.000 cocoa farming families towards improving their incomes and professionalizing the organizations they belong to. Through the Matching Fund, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, PRO-PLANTEURS seeks a closer collaboration with GISCOs members.