Environmentally Sustainable Production Practices in Cocoa Landscapes IV

About this project

The project entitled “Environmentally Sustainable Production Practices in Cocoa Landscapes Phase IV (ESP Phase IV)” is a fourth phase of work and a follow up to the Environmental Sustainability and Policy (ESP Phase I) and Environmentally Sustainable Production Practices in Cocoa Landscapes Phase II and III (ESP Phase II and III). This phase of the project presents interventions to scale up activities implemented under the earlier phases that will achieve multiple benefits for cocoa farming communities and for Ghana’s forests. Forest protection and restoration has been a key outcome area under the Mondelez Cocoa Life Program, which seeks to protect and restore the land and forests where cocoa is grown, working together with the farmers and communities. This is key as globally, deforestation accounts for close to 20% of greenhouse emissions. In Ghana, agriculture expansion, particularly cocoa, has been seen a key driver to deforestation, with the country being estimated to have lost close to 8% of its primary forest between the years 2002 and 2019. This phase of implementation seeks to will continue to support the Government of Ghana/the FC’s restoration efforts, primarily, at the Ayum and Pra-Subri Forest Reserves using the Modified Taungya System (MTS) model whiles strengthening community-led forest and natural resource conservation through the Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) approach. As a long-term implementing partner of the Cocoa Life Program, UNDP has suppor…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 15Life on Land

Published by

United Nations Development Programme · Multilateral

Countries

Ghana

Sectors

Forestry policy and administrative managementForestry services

Funded by

Mondelez Global LLC (fka Kraft

Implemented by

UNDP

Accountable

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Published by United Nations Development Programme to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41114-PROJECT-01002492.

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