The Organic Cocoa Package: Making Organic Cocoa in Cameroon and
Togo economically feasible24 March 2009
RSCE2, T&T
Fast Track Grant
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Content
1. Feasibility Study: CFC Fast Track Grant
• Components of study
• Participatory process
• Selected areas and producer organizations
2. A changing environment
3. Feasibility study: an example of Cameroon
4. Intervention points
5. Pillars of the organic cocoa package
6. Make organic work…
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Feasibility study components • Assessment of current status and opportunities for organic cocoa production and export• A value chain analysis of cocoa in Cameroon and Togo• An Action Plan, for supporting organic cocoa export in selected areas, with selected producer groups and other stakeholders
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Participatory process• Building upon existing initiatives/experiences• Multi-stakeholder workshops in Togo and Cameroon and bilateral meetings• Farmer and farmer group surveys • Field visits• Avoid isolation from national/sectoral cocoa initiatives
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Selecting areas and organizationsAreas1. Togo: Kpalime2. Cameroon: Central, South West
Producer organizations:1. Togo: set up of new organic farmer union2. Cameroon: 4 cooperatives (UPCOCOA/STCP)
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Starting assumptions…Assumptions:• Organic cocoa obtains significant price
premium• Demand for organic cocoa is growing• Organic cocoa is win-win opportunity
Questions:• Is it an economic opportunity for farmers?• Is premium sufficient to cover additional cost
(i.e. certification)• Are farmers willing to convert?• Is the institutional environment supportive?• What are main bottlenecks?
BUT…
SALES WORLD
- 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000 35.000 40.000 45.000 50.000
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2000
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2003
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2007
Growth in turnover:
1998 / 2004 = +269%
2005 / 2007 = +84%
Source: Organic monitor
Organic Cocoa Sales
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The market changed…• Since the beginning of 2007 the cost of conventional cocoa has more
than doubled• Buying organic cocoa from African suppliers (single origin group 1) is
relatively expensive• Demand for (some) cocoa-products is decreasing• Supply of organic cocoa has increased• Organic premium is currently non-existent
• Conclusion: feasibility cannot depend on an organic premium• But: organic cocoa production remains important both as market
opportunity as for its intrinsic environmental value and as motor for sustainable cocoa production
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Cost-price FOB Douala
Nr farmers 200 Hectares per farmer 2,9Hectares cocoa 580Yield per hectare 457Capture rate 66%Cocoa captured tons 175Grading losses 7%Cocoa exported 163# of containers 8,3 FOBLbs/kg conversion 1 Farmer price 950 CFA/kgCFA/U$ rate Nov 08 534 FOB price 2.400 dollars/mt NY + premium
factor units CFA total U$ total U$/mtInputsJute bags 350 2.499 874.698 1.638equipment/pestcides/fertilizers (organic) 10.680 580 6.194.400 11.600Total input cost 7.069.098 13.238 81
Conventional price 950 per kg 166.192.620 311.222 farmgate 950Premium 0% 0 0Cocoa farmer price 950 166.192.620 311.222 1.913Coop 3.521.712 6.595 41Exporter 6.504.987 12.182 75Port handling 4.654.642 8.717 54ICS costs 1.000.000 1.873Organic certification Ecocert 3.000.000 5.618Certification 4.000.000 7.491 46
Costs FOB Douala 191.943.059 359.444Costs FOB per ton 2.209Sales price FOB 2.400 new yorkOrganic premium 0 premium bio importerTotal FOB price 2.400Profit per ton 31.021 191Margin on cost 8,63%
Feasibility of organic cocoa in Cameroon
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Cost-price FOB Douala
Nr farmers 200 Yield per hectare457Capture rate 66%Premium 0% 0 0Sales price FOB 2.400 new yorkOrganic premium 0 premium bio imTotal FOB price 2.400Profit per ton ### 191Margin on cost 8,63%
Feasibility of organic cocoa in Cameroon
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What is an organic cocoa package?
‘an integrated programme that addresses all 4 intervention points’:
• Number of farmers• Productivity• Default rate• Premiums
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Pillars of the organic cocoa package
Chain governance Building relations and trust • Building upon existing initiatives/partnerships• Strengthening of farmer organization• Stable relation with buyers• Traceability• Prompt payment
Chain information and support Adding value • Training (productivity, quality, organic practices)• Availability and distribution of organic inputs at competitive prices• Market information and (more) direct trading relations• Premiums
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The Organic Cocoa Package Matrix
AddingValue
Organic cocoapackage: a business
Trust building
Chain information and institutional support
Chain governance
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Next step: make organic work for farmersWhat is needed:
•Selection process based on opportunities for farmers • Pre-finance• Quality premium• Effective, available and affordable inputs• Investment plan
•Building upon existing partnerships and establish new ones• Embedding in national/sectoral cocoa policies • Embedding in global round table meetings on a sustainable cocoa economy