Through our GrowHer:Kakao initiative, we're empowering nearly 4,000 women in South Sulawesi, Indonesia by enhancing their access to essential resources and opportunities within the cacao value chain. Indonesia’s cacao industry relies heavily on small farms of 2 hectares or less. Among them, approximately 32% of farmers (450,000) are women. These women play essential roles as farmers, household decision-makers, and financial managers.
The GrowHer:Kakao project empowers women as leaders in agriculture, ensuring their voices are represented and heard in crucial business decisions, such as the adoption of climate-smart practices and crop diversification. Empowering women as leaders in agriculture will ensure a more secure, resilient, and sustainable cacao supply in the region.
Grow Asia is proud to collaborate with Mars, Save The Children, and PISAgro on this transformative journey, supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). By uniting our collective strengths, we can transform cacao supply chains to be more inclusive, fair, and equitable.
The GrowHer: Kakao project was the recipient of a EUR1 million grant as part of the Initiative Feminist & Fair: the Future of Agricultural Supply Chains, which is organized by GIZ’s Global Programme AgriChains. The initiative focuses on women’s resources, rights, and representation, in alignment with Germany’s feminist development policy.