date:Dec 18, 2012
cocoa farmers through its Cocoa Plan is by distributing higher-yielding, disease-resistant plantlets to improve productivity and minimise the amount of land required for farming.
Between January and October this year, the company distributed more than one million of these plants - which typically produce 50% to 200% more cocoa - to farmers worldwide.
During the same period, Nestl also trained more than 21,000 cocoa farmers, including 9,900 in Cte dIvoire, in more efficient and sustainable grow