CHOCOLATE-4-ALL: DIGITIZING THE COCOA VALUE CHAIN IN HONDURAS

The project addresses last-mile challenges by delivering products and services to small-scale cocoa farmers who have been excluded from productivity-enhancing innovations, such as those related to biotechnology, mechanization, and digital financial services. Chocolate-4-All will put these technologies to use on small-scale farms, where they have the potential to increase yields and open up new market channels. The project will deliver services to 1,200 smallholder cocoa farmers, organized into four cooperatives/associations located in the department of Olancho. The innovation lies in the project’s dual strategic focus. On the one hand, it promotes a model for increasing value, enhancing profitability, and ensuring a living wage. And on the other, it seeks to strengthen the resilience of the cocoa production system. The model prioritizes climate-smart agriculture, the adoption of technological innovations, and efficient business management in Olancho. This is considered a pilot project due to its high degree of digital and technological innovation, social entrepreneurship coordination, and the social capital and science it brings to bear with impact at the national level.