Changing the terms of women’s engagement in cocoa and coffee supply chains Changing the terms of women’s engagement in cocoa and coffee supply chains Prepared by Martha Osorio, Ambra Gallina and Katarzyna Jaskiewicz Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Anna Laven and Lisanne Oonk KIT Royal Tropical Institute and Rebecca Morahan Twin Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and KIT Royal Tropical Institute of the Netherlands and Twin Rome, 2019 Required citation: Osorio, M., Laven, A., Morahan, R., Gallina A., Jaskiewicz, K., and Oonk, L. 2019. Changing the terms of women’s engagement in cocoa and coffee supply chains. 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Photo cover: ©Mondele-z International Contents Contents Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................................................................v Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... vii Preface .................................................................................................................................................................. ix Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................1 Changing the terms ......................................................................................................................................2 Women’s participation and leadership in producer organizations .......................................................5 The case of Twin: Integrating gender equity from the start ...............................................................................6 Changing the terms of engagement by including women in producer organizations.................. 10 The case of CAC Pangoa: Women’s inclusion through training and microfinance .......................................... 13 Changing the terms of engagement through training and microfinance ...................................... 16 The value of including women in producer organizations as members and leaders ........................................ 18 Women’s access to land as a catalyst for change ................................................................................ 21 The case of Kookoo Pa: Registration of land as membership requirement .................................................... 22 Changing the terms of engagement by giving women access to land for cocoa production ������� 25 The case of Mzuzu: Campaigning for women’s access to productive resources ............................................. 28 Changing the terms of engagement by promoting women’s access to productive resources ..... 31 The power of giving women access to productive resources ........................................................................... 34 Improving business performance through the household approach ................................................. 37 The case of HRNS: Couple seminars changing the terms of engagement ....................................................... 38 Changing the terms of engagement through a household approach ............................................... 40 The case of SMS: Champions in gender and farm practices .......................................................................... 43 Changing the terms of engagement through a household approach ............................................... 45 The transformative power of a household approach ........................................................................................ 47 iii Advancing gender equality through innovation in extension services ............................................. 51 The case of Nespresso: Capturing best practices and developing a strategy ................................................ 52 Changing the terms of engagement by including women as field officers...................................... 56 The case of Mondele–z International: Women extension volunteers (community animators) as role models in the community ................................................................................................................................. 58 Changing the terms of engagement through the appointment of women extension volunteers ................................................................................................................................... 63 Women as influencers in training roles ............................................................................................................ 65 The business case ............................................................................................................................................. 67 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................... 73 Resources ............................................................................................................................................................ 78 Key reports and toolkits ................................................................................................................................... 80 References ........................................................................................................................................................... 82 Annex: Facilitation team and participants ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 83 Acknowledgements This publication was produced by three organizations – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the non-governmental organization Twin and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) of the Netherlands. The authors would like to express their appreciation to the participants who generously contributed their time and energy to making this publication possible by openly sharing their perspectives, experiences and ideas and actively and constructively participating in the discussions and working groups. More specifically, we would like to thank Joyce Poku-Marboah, Business Manager of Kokoo-Paa, Ghana; Bernard B Kaunda, Chief Executive Officer at Mzuzu Coffee Planters Cooperative Union, Malawi;