NESTLÉ® Cocoa Plan Helps:
Better Cocoa
Better Farming
Better Lives
On the road to sustainability
The NESTLÉ® Cocoa Plan
10
THINGS YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT COCOA
COCOA GROWS...
On a Tree
Cocoa beans come from pods picked from trees before
becoming delicious chocolate.
THE COCOA TREE'S
SCIENTIFIC NAME IS
Theobroma Cacao
WHICH IS GREEK FOR
Food of the Gods
THE FIRST KITKAT BAR
WAS SOLD IN 1937...
IN UNITED KINGDOM
MAXIMUM CHOCOLATE IS
CONSUMED IN UK
MOST OF WORLD'S COCOA
COMES FROM...
More than half the world's total cocoa supply
is grown in Ivory Coast and Ghana
ALL MOST ALL COCOA IS GROWN ON
SMALL FAMILY FARMS WITH NO MORE
THAN 4 HECTARES
These farms operate in much the same way as they
did 100 years ago.
TO CREATE CHOCOLATE BARS,
COCOA BEAN MUST BE
IN A SINGLE YEAR...
HOWEVER...
COCOA CROPS ARE DEPLETING
Around 30% are lost due to plant disease.
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE NESTLÉ®
COCOA PLANT IN 2009
NESTLÉ® is investing CHF 110 million over the
next 10 years to help farmers.
It's the right thing to do for cocoa farmers.
And it helps ensure you can enjoy your favourite
chocolate for years to come.
Theobroma Cacao
WHICH IS GREEK FOR
Food of the Gods
More than half the world's total cocoa supply is grown in Ivory Coast and Ghana
These farms operate in much the same way as they did 100 years ago.
Around 30% are lost due to plant disease.
Trained 27,000 cocoa farmers in 2012
In the areas of good agricultural practices, farm management, social and environmental issues
Distribute 12 million higher - yielding, disease resistant cocoa plants by 2020
NESTLÉ® is investing CHF 110 million over the next 10 years to help farmers