The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Cargill are investing $2.5 million to strengthen and expand the successful Cargill Coop Academy in Cote d'Ivoire.
The goal is to provide greater access to advanced business skills training for more than 300 cocoa cooperative leaders. And, by extension, the partnership is expected to reach 70 new cooperatives and their leaders and benefit more than 60,000 smallholder farmers and their communities.