Entry: Ethan Budiansky, World Cocoa Foundation

On March 14th and 15th, the WCF Cocoa Livelihoods Program (CLP) organized its 7th Technical Planning Meeting in Accra, Ghana. Over forty people participated, including CLP partners from implementing organizations, the cocoa companies, local extension agencies from Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, country cocoa research facilities, as well as a number of other participants. They discussed topics such as measuring the impact of the CLP on farmers’ livelihoods and strategies for moving ahead.