The Wassa Amenfi Cocoa Panorama Initiative (WACLI), led by Most popular by Nature and in collaboration with consortium companions Ferrero Group, Ricolto Ghana, West African Solidarity and the Worldwide Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), convened a multi-stakeholder assembly to advance a shared imaginative and prescient for the sustainable improvement of the Wassa Amenfi Panorama.
The convention reviewed progress in selling inclusive dialogue and collective motion by the Wassa Amenfi Panorama Multi-Stakeholder Platform in 2025 and recognized precedence initiatives to enhance cocoa manufacturing, environmental administration, forest safety, local weather resilience and sustainable livelihoods throughout the panorama.
Dr. Daniel Addanso stated the aim of the assembly was to overview the challenges recognized at a earlier stakeholder assembly held in November, assess whether or not new points have arisen, and prioritize essentially the most urgent issues affecting the panorama. He stated discussions would concentrate on growing sensible options and actions to deal with the recognized challenges, with explicit emphasis on declining cocoa manufacturing and chronic agricultural poverty.
Lastly, we’ll develop short-, medium- and long-term methods to deal with the recognized challenges and set up indicators to trace the implementation and success of the proposed actions,” he stated.
In a presentation made on behalf of the Chief Govt of the Metropolis of Wassa Amenfi West, Metropolis Statistician Clifford Quartey stated the targets of the multi-stakeholder platform had been in step with the town’s improvement imaginative and prescient. He stated the association had introduced the platform into the town council’s medium-term improvement plan for 2026-2030.
“The Metropolis Council’s improvement agenda is nicely aligned with the objectives of the Wassa Amenfi Panorama Multi-Stakeholder Platform established by the WACLI initiative. WACLI is concentrated on accelerating the adoption of worthwhile and climate-smart cocoa agroforestry, offering ecosystem providers, diversifying on- and off-farm revenue sources, sustainable landscapes, good governance, poverty discount for farmers and shared accountability amongst stakeholders, amongst different key areas.”
Equally, the Metropolis Council exists to advertise the financial empowerment of the town’s individuals, together with lively involvement in climate-smart agriculture initiatives.
Going ahead, municipalities purpose to institutionalize the outcomes of stakeholder engagement. This ensures that the town council performs a number one position in implementing the problems mentioned and agreed upon. It should additionally assist set up a transparent motion plan and system to assist the residents of the municipality, thereby reaching general well-being and the higher good of the individuals,” he stated.
As a part of the Wassa Amenfi Cocoa Panorama Initiative, we’ll leverage multi-stakeholder engagement to convey collectively key gamers inside the cocoa panorama to strengthen collaboration, share data, and deal with systemic challenges impacting cocoa manufacturing and sustainable land administration.
WACLI is funded by the Danida Inexperienced Enterprise Partnership of the Danish Ministry of Overseas Affairs. The initiative, supported by analysis and multi-stakeholder collaboration, goals to deal with deforestation and poverty related to cocoa manufacturing by the implementation of a accountable sourcing mannequin that gives tailor-made options to cocoa-producing communities.
Nana Yepah, Govt Director of Akyekyere Stool Lands, emphasised the significance of stakeholder engagement in addressing group challenges.
“This convention offers us all a chance to sit down collectively and share our views on points in our group. With out individuals and land, we as chiefs don’t have any path.
It is also helpful for dividing individuals into teams primarily based on their space of data to make the dialogue extra centered. Then, meet once more and every group will share what they mentioned. “For us as chiefs, that is additionally a very good alternative to study extra about issues like finance and agroforestry on prime of what we already learn about management and governance,” he stated.
Members divided into three working teams: Governance, Finance, and Expertise to determine key challenges and suggest options and actions inside every thematic space.
The mission goals to enhance cocoa agroforestry techniques, shield the atmosphere and create sustainable revenue alternatives for farmers by each on-farm and off-farm livelihood actions.
The assembly introduced collectively representatives of the mission consortium and key stakeholders together with Wassa Amenfi Metropolis Council, authorities businesses, non-public sector actors, non-governmental and community-based organizations, native communities, the media, conventional authorities, farmers’ cooperatives, and ladies’s teams.
