Sustainable multicultural alliances are boosting green cocoa production in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Operating near the Dyjepredhu Reserve and Virunga National Park, they are preserving biodiversity through shade-grown agroforestry. Our key activities include distributing high-quality seedlings, implementing eco-traceability to combat the financing of rebel groups, and supporting local processing (Virunga Origins). This work contributes to protecting the Congo Basin rainforest, combating
In the DR Congo's cocoa sector stems from conflict-financing, extreme poverty, and severe deforestation. Armed rebel militias weaponize supply chains for funding. Meanwhile, local smallholders lack market access and resort to traditional slash-and-burn farming. This destructive practice rapidly clears the hyper-biodiverse Congo Basin rainforest, aggravating the global climate crisis and trapping farmers in poverty.
Issues through agroforestry, eco-traceability, and local processing. Shade-grown farming halts deforestation by ending slash-and-burn practices. Next, strict supply-chain tracking blocks rebel funding and ensures legal revenue. Finally, producing local chocolate (Virunga Origins) and securing global fair-trade access boosts smallholders' income, permanently breaking the cycle of poverty.
Includes rainforest preservation, economic peace, and generational wealth. Over 10,0 to 20,0 hectares of the Congo Basin will be secured via agroforestry. Eco-traceability permanently starves rebel militias of funds, stabilizing the region. Finally, local processing creates skilled jobs, multiplies smallholder income by 300%, and builds a self-sustaining green economy for future generations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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