Nestle Income Accelerator Program Infographic

THE INCOME A new plan to
build on Nestlé’s
ACCELERATOR longstanding efforts

to tackle child
PROGRAM
labor risks in
cocoa production.
CHF 6 365 per year 1

149 443 children TACKLING THE ROOT
CAUSES OF CHILD LABOR
is the estimated average living income for a cocoa- have been assisted through
farming family2 in Côte d’Ivoire. A living income is remediation activities to protect Insufficient income is a leading factor
the net annual income required for a household in a them against the risk of child in the prevalence of child labor risks.
particular place to afford a decent standard of living labor since 2012.
for all members of that household.
36% 48%
EDUCATION FOOD
5%
11% & HEALTH
UNEXPECTED
EVENTS
HOUSING
ENABLING AND INCENTIVIZING SUSTAINABLE NET INCOME GROWTH
The program aims to help close the living income gap by embedding sustainable practices
COST OF LIVING3 across four key areas. Additional cash incentives reward families not only for the quantity and
quality of cocoa beans they produce but also for the benefits they provide to the environment,
the local communities and their children.
AIMING TO MAKE A LIVING INCOME
Earning incentives CHF 100* CHF 100* CHF 100* CHF 100* CHF 100*
Generating SCHOOL GOOD AGRICULTURAL AGROFORESTRY DIVERSIFIED CHF 100 for each
diversified incomes ENROLLMENT PRACTICES ACTIVITIES INCOMES target-based practice
and a CHF 100 bonus
Reducing child labor Helping farmers Improving Becoming less for engaging in all four
risks by assisting improve cocoa farm resilience dependent on cocoa
school attendance production by training by providing forest by supporting families
Increasing and monitoring and subsidizing and fruit trees to grow other crops or
cocoa production pruning groups raise livestock
Baseline annual
net income4
Visualization not to scale;
for illustrative purposes only
Incentivizing families to engage in these practices, to earn up to
CHF 500 annually for the first two years* and CHF 250 per year thereafter
DIRECT CASH EMPOWERING WOMEN

TRANSFERS
Payments are divided evenly between the
Incentives paid directly to the male and female heads of household. Set up of
cocoa-farming family via mobile, Village Savings and Loans Associations further
improving traceability. empower women to save, invest and share
financial responsibilities.
OUR PARTNERS HOW DO WE PLAN TO EXPAND?

The rollout of the program would not be possible We will constantly test, learn and adjust to ensure we deliver the most effective interventions
without the assistance and collaboration of and support at farm, household and community level. We will also transform the sourcing of
our partners: KIT Royal Tropical Institute, cocoa to achieve full traceability and segregation of our cocoa products from origin to factory.
International Cocoa Initiative, IDH, The
Sustainable Trade Initiative, Rainforest Alliance,
local cooperatives and cocoa farmers, including 2020 2022 2024 2030
the Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. 1 000 families 10 000 families 160 000 families*
Côte d’Ivoire > Pilot > Test at scale > Scale up
Ghana > Extension
Global > Rollout

* Estimation
COCOA
1
Cost of living & living income benchmark: Ivorian Center for Socio Economic Research (CIRES) (2018). The Living Income
Report, Rural Côte d’Ivoire, Cocoa growing areas. adjusted for household size based on Bymolt, R., Laven, A., & Tyszler, M.
(2018). Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) updated for inflation in
August 2020 and exchange rate on 3rd January 2022.
2
Average family size: 3.82 adults and 2.96 children**
Learn more at www.nestle.com/living-income-cocoa

Average farm size: 3.5 hectares**
** Sourced from: Bymolt, R., Laven, A., & Tyszler, M. (2018). Demystifying the Cocoa Sector
in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). Available at:
https://www.kit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Demystifying-complete-file.pdf
3
Living income estimate: Ivorian Center for Socio Economic Research (CIRES) (2018). The Living Income Report,
Rural Côte d’Ivoire. https://www.living-income.com/_files/ugd/0c5ab3_a437a776dc7747c2999d3b0c60a46a97.pdf
4
Based on average income measured from a random sample of 1 269 farmers from 34 coops; sourced from Nestlé Cocoa
Plan M&E Survey & Analysis of productivity indicators 2020 Results. The Rainforest Alliance (February 2021)

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THE INCOME A new plan to

ACCELERATOR longstanding efforts

CHF 6 365 per year 1

DIRECT CASH EMPOWERING WOMEN

OUR PARTNERS HOW DO WE PLAN TO EXPAND?

Côte d’Ivoire > Pilot > Test at scale > Scale up

Ghana > Extension

Global > Rollout

Learn more at www.nestle.com/living-income-cocoa

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