Mondelēz and Fairtrade Foundation offer financial support to female cocoa farmers By Anthony Myers The new ‘Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund’ designed to protect cocoa farmer livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic is providing grants that will empower thousands of women farmers to start small businesses and earn a decent living.
Emerging from an existing partnership between Cadbury owner Mondelēz International and Fairtrade under the Climate Change and Organisation Strengthening Programme, the Fund was established as part of the Vulnerable Supply Chains Facility (VSCF), a rapid COVID-19 response facility set up by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and managed by Mott MacDonald Ltd.