Learning and Innovation
         DESIGN AND TEST EFFECTIVE MODELS THAT                           LEARNING AGENDA FOR SCALING 
         IMPROVE FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY                        INTEGRATION OF FOOD AND NUTRITION IN 
                OF COCOA FARMING FAMILIES                              COCOA INDUSTRY BUSINESS MODELS
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      1   Phase 1: Participatory Scoping          ✓             LEARNING AGENDA
          2016-2017
          Collectively improve understanding of                 Our learning agenda is guided by our 
          malnutrition in cocoa producing communities in        integrated livelihoods approach which 
          Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire                               draws from project learnings on (i) 
                                                                behavior change and (ii) business 
          Phase 2: Identification and Design                    model integration. 
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          2017-2018                               ✓
                                                                We examine the extent to which 
          Companies in Ghana are guided by GAIN to              behavior change is facilitated by a 
          identify opportunities to improve diets through       combination of:
          its supply chain.                                     
                                                                  Increased knowledge on nutritious practices 
                                                                
                                                                  Increased income
          Prototype models are developed with a                 
                                                                  Increased women’s empowerment
                                                                
          thorough monitoring and evaluation plan for             Increased diversified production (crop and 
          nutrition outcomes, iterative learning, and an        livestock)
          explicit intention and potential for scale if the     We examine the extent to which business model 
          prototypes prove successful                           integration is influenced by company capacity, 
                                                                resources and commitment as well as service 
      3   Phase 3: Adaptation and Validation                 LEARNING EVENTS
          2018-2019                                ✓            delivery model structure.
                                                                 • Quarterly country level learning workshops 
                                                                   with partners prototyping models
          Prototype models are implemented in Ghana in           • Regional learning events for cross-learning
          two stages: During the first adaptation stage          • Annual Multi-Stakeholder events to promote 
          components of the prototypes (such as training           the scaling of effective models that integrate 
          curricula) are developed and individually tested         food and nutrition security in the cocoa 
          with target groups. During the second validation         supply chain
          stage the prototypes selected by businesses are 
          regularly tested and improved through a quality        COCOA NUTRITION LEARNING PLATFORM
          improvement process.
                                                                                           GHANA & CÔTE D’IVOIRE  
          Based on learnings from Ghana, companies in 
          Cote d’Ivoire are guided by IDH to identify             PARTNERS
          opportunities to improve food and nutrition 
          security through its supply chain. 
          Phase 4: Sharing, Scaling and Continued Learning
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          2019-2020
                                                                 
          Effective models are scaled by the private sector 
          partners through integration in standard 
          business practice. 
          The Cocoa Nutrition Learning Platform regularly 
           convenes industry, government and technical 
          partners to share lessons and tested tools with 
          the aim of scaling effective models.