Socioeconomics
EU food safety regulation on cadmium in cocoa powder and chocolate (Commission Regulation (EU) No 488/2014 of 12 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006) has become effective in January 2019. The EU regulation impacts on the cocoa value chains of the countries with worrying economic and social repercussions for low-income producers, especially in (post-)conflict zones.
Clima-LoCa therefore adopts an adaptive research approach, seeking improved alignment of needs and incentives among actors along the cacao value chain through a focus on stakeholder engagement, while fostering smallholders’ fair participation in value chains.
For this reason, the socioeconomin component focuses on:
Act 1.3
Assessment of socio-economic baselines (cocoa production systems and marketing strategies) and impacts of new food safety regulation on national markets and small producers
Act 2.3
Perform cost-benefit analysis and feasibility assessments of mitigation practices and interventions
Act 3.3
Analyse and co-develop mitigation and scaling strategies in multi-stakeholder platforms
News
Boyacá: The closing tour of the Clima-LoCa project in Colombia begins
On April 29 and 30, 2025, the municipality of San Pablo de Borbur hosted the first event of the closing tour of the Clima-LoCa project. This meeting brought together producers, researchers, public institutions, and chocolate companies to share the lessons learned,...
Cocoa Income: A Regional Analysis in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
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Adapting to Climate Change: Interactive Workshops with aCLIMAtar in Putumayo
Last September, activities were held to promote the aCLIMAtar platform, a tool designed to contribute to the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. It is the result of collaboration between the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, Rikolto, the World Cocoa...
Clima-LoCa Boosts Small-Scale Agriculture in Putumayo: The Transformation of Don Cupertino’s Farm, a Story to Be Told
Cupertino Enriquez Bravo is one of the farmers who highlighted the support provided by the project: "I think that the good results on my farm have been because I am always willing to let myself be helped, what the engineers recommend to me, that is what I do". Read...