Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced the release of a new independent evaluation of its income accelerator program promoting improved livelihoods for cocoa farming families and environmentally sustainable agricultural practices, indicating that the program is delivering measurable improvements in income and household resilience.
The company said that it is expanding the program from its 10,000 family test phase in Côte d’Ivoire to 50,000 families by 2026 in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, with a long-term goal of supporting an estimated 160 000 cocoa-farming households by 2030.
Nestlé, home to leading chocolate brands including Kit Kat and Nesquick,
