Barry Callebaut’s Cocoa Horizons Truck reaches 10,000 km milestone

The Barry Callebaut AG, Zürich, has announced that its Cocoa Horizons Truck passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 km and reached 33,000 participants, less than a year after the start of its journey into remote cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire. Last week, the truck passed the 10,000 km mark between the villages of Obrouayo and N’Drikro, in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire.

The Cocoa Horizons Truck is equipped with modern communication material powered by solar energy. It acts as a stage where Barry Callebaut’s own training experts animate farmer training sessions in good agricultural practices, literacy training and child labor sensitization programs, in addition to evening entertainment. Where needed, a nurse is also on board to provide basic health care, such as medical consultations and common medicines. More than 4,000 people have already benefited from such a medical visit.

More than 30 Barry Callebaut employees working on the ground with cocoa farmers The truck supports the impact and adoption of Barry Callebaut’s sustainability programs. It is part of the Group’s 10-year Cocoa Horizons sustainability initiative which includes a Cocoa Centre of Excellence, 23 model farms and 550 farmer field schools, cascading training to tens of thousands of cocoa farmers across Côte d’Ivoire.

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