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CORPORATE SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
BarryCallebaut
Annual Report2010/11
We continued our commitment to support cooperatives in their efforts to improve
the livelihoods of their farmer members by contributing to training,education and
healthcare initiatives. Further, weare working to further improve our monitoring
and reporting procedures and processes to improve efficiencyand effectiveness.
Quality Partner Program – Côte d’Ivoire – Performance Review
Farmer training/cocoa sourcing
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Cooperatives 38 29 33 46 48 58
Farmers 30,000 32,000 40,000 42,000 39,793 41,871
Farmers trained in GAP – 600 600 1,920 1,570 1,710
Bean volumes sourced (tonnes) 39,690 42,510 49,814 61,379 52,223 59,303
%Grade 1and Grade 2cocoa 23% 25% 33% 32% 33% 45%
Coops who movedupaQPP level – 5 10 10 5 14
Health &education programs
Mosquitonets distributed – – 250 400 500 670
Medical kits distributed – – 400 400 0 0
Water wells provided – – 1 3 2 3
School kits distributed – – 550 710 1,000 845
%coops who signed child labor
charter – – 67% 98% 100% 100%
Farmers trained to be trainers
on child labor issues – – – 1,410 700 *
*Training deferred to 2011/12 due to political crisis
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