Living income: Strategies to close the living income gap within farming communities

13:30 - 13:30

Interventions that close the income gap, including fair pricing models, direct trade relationships, and diversified income streams
Examples of successful partnerships between NGOs, governments and private sector stakeholders to support living incomes and livelihoods

Empowering smallholder farmers and local communities: This track zeroes in on smallholder farmers and rural communities as critical partners in building sustainable commodity supply chains. Sessions will provide insights into collaborative approaches that transfer agency, share value, and co-create resilient livelihoods from the ground up.

Issifu Issaka

Cocoa Farmers Association

Ghanaian Cocoa Farmer, Farmer and CEO

Tinka Koster

Wageningen University & Research

Senior Impact Researcher

Pavithra Ram

IDH

Senior Program Manager, Cocoa

André van den Beld

Export Trading Group

Head Sustainability

Get in touch

For any questions on the conference:

Emily Heslop
Project Director
emily.heslop@innovationforum.co.uk

Or for more information about sponsorship options:

Anita Thomson
Chief Partnerships Officer
anita.thomson@innovationforum.co.uk

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Sustainable Commodities and Land Use Forum

Innovation Forum's flagship sustainable commodities conference is held behind-closed-doors to ensure an open, honest conversation focused on the solutions.

It is structured entirely to deliver practical debate, genuine progress and key takeaways as we continue to build and enhance sustainable commodity supply chains.

Living income: Strategies to close the living income gap within farming communities

Sustainable Commodities and Land Use Forum