Farmstrong Foundation

FarmStrong Foundation continues with its indigenous tropical tree planting initiative in cooperation with the local authorities, called StrongWoods on and off-farm.

Having hands and feet on the ground makes a difference in understanding the life of the farmers and the day-to-day challenges.A recent example of it has been on the vegetable greenhouses with the association of women working on the production of tomatoes, chilies, and cucumbers. Women began experimenting with local waste material to add to

A productive and successful day in the field! Our team in Côte d’Ivoire in collaboration with the MinEF of the Nawa region carried out a full day of planting indigenous forest trees. This time a restoration project of the community forest called DIDEHI in Oupoyo-Bété. Almost 1,000 trees were planted in one day!.

For decades, cacao plantations were driven by the idea that monoculture, full sunshine, heaps of fertilizer and chemicals would pump up the productivity and bring guaranteed unprecedented wealth to farmers. Considering the situation today, this has not been a very efficient approach to improve the livelihoods of the targeted cocoa farmers, let alone their families

Today we say: “WE CAN DO IT, NOW WE HAVE TO DO IT”.We must protect our children that is a shared responsibility: No future for anybody without adequately protected children, we must protect their opportunities to learn and to grow, allow them to play or to do nothing, to smile and laugh, we must protect them from

FarmStrong Foundation is committed to ensure traceable cocoa. One of the cornerstones of our work is transparency. Our KYC (Know-Your-Customer) starts with the cocoa farmers, the farms, and the beans. The cocoa beans sourced through the programs are grown by known, ID validated farmers, on verified mapped farms, on confirmed appropriate farm land. FarmStrong use PCR CC1 software

Last year, 769 women were part of local women’s associations and actively working in the greenhouses.Yoro Jocelyne, member of an association of 40 women in Petit Tiémé, Côte D’Ivoire:“We built a greenhouse in 2018. We grow tomatoes and chili peppers. This allows me to feed my children and my family, and we sell the remainder.Thanks

Today FarmStrong Foundation celebrates International Women’s Day.We applaud all the women in the World creating a healthy future that is sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights, and opportunities for everybody.We thank all Women for their efforts, for investing time and energy in their families and their communities.As women are the Key Drivers of change and development

As part of the production and distribution of indigenous forest trees for the year 2019/2020, FarmStrong Foundation, through StrongWoods, has set up specific community tree nurseries for that purpose.StrongWoods involves the community in the nurseries, especially for young people and women in the villages to generate jobs and income for the women’s associations.Kodaya in the

The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries, who have promised to protect children’s rights. It was signed into force on 2 September 1990. Despite of 30 years of governmental, corporate and philanthropic commitments, the Rights of the Child are still not universally respected by the signees,