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Public, Private and Civil Society Organizations launch ASASE Project in Ghana to Support Climate-Smart Cocoa and Thriving Forests

+ 12 January, 2021 – This month, public sector, private sector and civil society organization partners jointly launched the Accessible Soils And Sustainable Environments (ASASE) project in Ghana. Over the coming four years, this groundbreaking initiative will be working towards an environmentally sustainable future for the cocoa sector, tackling deforestation and working to rehabilitate ageing cocoa farms and restore natural forests. ASASE, which also means “land” in the local Ghanaian language Twi, is a 2.3 million Euro project co-funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) as part of the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership (SDGP). Driven by a belief that a thriving, climate-smart cocoa sector is possible, this project will work with 5,000 farmers in two of Ghana’s main cocoa producing areas: the Ashanti and Eastern regions. Using a landscape approach, the ASASE project moves away from the traditional focus on the direct supply chain and instead intervenes o

New project launched in Ghana to support climate-smart cocoa and thriving forests

Major public-private sector Ghana venture aims to help deliver cocoa sustainability

+ A major €2.3 million initiative between public sector, private sector and civil groups is being launched into key aspects of sustainability surrounding Ghana’s cocoa industry, in a bid to ensure its future viability reports Neill Barston. The Accessible Soils And Sustainable Environments (ASASE) project will work towards key environmental goals including tackling deforestation, as well as seeking to revitalise ageing cocoa farms, as well as restoring forested areas that have been notably impacted. As the combined group behind the venture explained to Confectionery Production, ASASE, which means “land” in the local Ghanaian language Twi, the scheme has been co-funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) as part of the  Sustainable Development Goals Partnership (SDGP), a set of targets adopted by all UN member states established in 2015 to address global poverty and protect the planet.

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