The document summarizes Nestle Indonesia's Cocoa Plan program to help cocoa farmers in Indonesia. Some key points: - Nestle launched the Cocoa Plan program in Indonesia in 2011, focusing on boosting cocoa farmers' production and quality through training and technology transfer. - As of November 2014, the program has assisted 171 farmer groups totaling 42,000 cocoa farmers. Activities include training on best practices, quality seedling distribution, and establishing an experimental farm. - The program partners with various organizations and the local government of West Sulawesi, where it operates in the Mamuju and Majene regions. - Farmer Muhammad Takdir's story highlights how the training helped him

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NOVEMBER 2014 ISSUE 06
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ocoa is one of the top commodities of
Indonesia’s agribusiness sector. Cocoa
beans are commonly called biji cokelat
(~chocolate beans) in Indonesia. Cocoa
tree is native to South America. Swedish scientist
Carl Linnaeus named the plant Theobroma cacao.
Cocoa trees grow best in tropical climate and at
an altitude of 0-700 meters above sea level. Hence
Indonesia is an ideal place for cocoa farming.
Spreading from the westernmost point of Sabang
to the easternmost point of Merauke are 1.6 million
ha of cocoa farms that currently produce 450,000
tons of beans per year.
Indonesia is the world’s third largest cocoa beans
producer, and Sulawesi is the largest producer in the
country. Covering an area of 900,000 ha, Sulawesi
contributes to approximately 60-65% of the total
national cocoa production. The potential, however,
is still abundant as currently there are still nume­rous
unproductive lands and aging trees that need reju-
venation.
Cocoa beans, once processed, will produce cocoa
liquor, butter and powder. These half-processed
products are the basic materials needed for various
kinds of chocolate products. In Indonesia, Nestlé
also uses these material to produce its products such
as MILO, KITKAT and CRUNCH.
Cocoa, one of Indonesia’s
top agriculture commodities
In 2009, Nestlé globally launched The Cocoa Plan program
to help cocoa farmers in increasing their farming yields as
well as ensuring the sustainability of raw material supply.
Similar to the collaboration with coffee and dairy farmers,
Nestlé also works together with cocoa farmers. The Cocoa
Plan focuses on Nestlé’s commitment to help increase the
well-being of cocoa farmers and to ensure the sustainability
of cocoa beans in our supply chain.
After the World Economic Forum South Asia, held in July
2011 in Jakarta, Nestlé launched the program in Indonesia.
It is a Public-Private Partnership in which Nestlé collaborates
with cocoa farmers as well as the local government of West
Sulawesi and all stakeholders involved in the cocoa supply
chain across Indonesia.
Nestlé’s support in this sector begun several years ago
when the company transfer the knowledged of an accele-
rated propagation technology dubbed Somatic Embryoge-
nesis to the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute
(ICCRI) to accelerate the process of producing high-quality
cocoa seedlings. This effort is continued by the launch of The
Cocoa Plan program in which Nestlé focuses on boosting the
production as well as the quality of cocoa beans produced by
cocoa farmers, which eventually will lead to their improved
livelihoods.
A demo plot of Nestlé Cocoa Plan
in Kalukku, Mamuju

2. 2 Warna-warni
Assisted Farmer
Groups
Achievement
until November
2014
Activities
Assisted Cocoa
Farmers
Best cocoa farming practices
and technology transfer to
cocoa farmers
Quality cocoa
seedling
distribution
171
42Nurseries
1
Experimental and
Demonstration Farm
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C Access to
market
Experimental and
Demonstration Farm
Swisscontact
Indonesia
BT Cocoa IDH
ICCRI
Provincial
Government
of West
Sulawesi
PARTNERS
Operational
Area
Two regions in
West Sulawesi:
Mamuju and Majene
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3. 3Profile
M
ajene Region is one of the cocoa producing regions in West
Sulawesi. With the total cocoa farm areas of 12,412 ha, most
of cocoa farmers in Majene are able to produce 950 kg/ha/
year. By 2014, there are 10,289 farmers who rely on cocoa
farming as their source of income.
Muhammad Takdir is one of the cocoa farmers from Majene. After gra-
duating from Senior High School in 2001, Takdir started to grow cocoa
trees on a 0.5-ha land, handed over by his parents. At that time he did
not have any knowledge nor skill on how to apply appropriate cocoa
farming practices. Limited knowledge in managing his farm resulted in
limited yield. The use of incorrect amount of pesticides also caused the soil
condition to degrade and this also affected production.
Together with his fellow farmers from Sinar Lemo-Lemo Farmer Group,
Takdir joined the Field School organized by Nestlé and Swisscontact in
2013. During the training, he learned various kinds of best cocoa farming
practices, ranging from farm maintenance technique, integrated pest and
disease management, rehabilitation up to post-harvest. He also attended
a training on how to set up a nursery business.
"After attending the training, I realized that I did not manage my farm
properly. The first thing that I did was pruning my cocoa trees that has
grown up to 4 meter-high. This is very important for the trees to get
enough sun, which is really significant in the process of increasing produc-
tion. To overcome pest and disease, I choose to produce organic pesticides
based on what they taught me during the training. Next, I rehabilitated
my old cocoa trees by applying the side-grafting technique and using the
prime S1 and S2 clones. Moreover, I also applied the intercropping system
by planting chilli so that I could earn additional income. It helped me to
support my family need".
Keep the spirit high for
cocoa farming
I am really grateful for
the opportunity to join the
training organized by Nestlé
and Swisscontact. Currently,
my cocoa farm is able to
produce 500 kilograms of
cocoa beans per year.
Photos courtesy of Swisscontact SCPP

4. 4
T
he awareness of creating a
green environment to be able
to absorb water in the newly
established industrial park, promp-
ted our colleagues in Karawang Fac-
tory to organize a tree planting activity
through KASIH, our employee volun-
teering program.
The first phase of trees planting was
conducted on October 30th, 2014. As many
as 90 trees that consisted of 45 rain tree
(Pithecolobium saman) and 45 spanish cherry
(Mimusops elengi L), have been planted by
54 emplo­yees of the factory, together with
the representatives of Nestlé Indonesia ma-
nagement Steven du Plessis and Thomas
Keller (former Finance Director). The trees
have grown well because of good care and
maintenance.
The second phase of trees planting was
conducted on September 27th, in collabora-
tion with the CSV team. As many as 50 par-
ticipants were present at Karawang Factory;
30 are employees from the Head Office and
Karawang Factory whereas the rest are family
members. They successfully planted 138 trees
of eucalyptus deglupta in the area of 429 m².
This CSV Volunteering activity was also
attended by NiMCom representatives that
include Achmad Ardianto, Head of Corporate
Human Resources; Windy Cahyaning Wulan,
Director Dairy Business Unit; and Prawitya
Soemadijo, Brand Executive Manager Beve­
rages. Karawang Factory Manager Euan
Horman was very pleased with the participa-
tion of the employees. Further, he was hoping
that other CSV Volunteering activities could
be organized at the Factory.
Agenda
KASIHKarya & Sumbangsih
KASIH, an acronym for Karya
(Deed) and Sumbangsih (Contri-
bution) is Nestlé Indonesia’s CSV
employee volunteerism program
launched in 2013. Employees’ parti­
cipation in CSV activities is expected
to strengthen employee engage-
ment, increase the awareness and
understanding of the company’s
CSV programs and create shared
value for the community.
Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief:
Nur Shilla Christianto
Writer:
Elizabeth Wairatta
Contributors:
Ade Sonyville
Faiza Anindita
We hope this bulletin can be a forum for us
to share stories and improve our engage-
ment with the communities through our
CSV program. We welcome any input or
suggestions from you.
Please feel free to contact the editorial team
at: elizabeth.wairatta@id.nestle.com
If you are interested to
support the KASIH program
or to make biopore holes
at home, please contact
Jenik D.S. Andreas (ext. 1528; email
Jenikdwi.Suspeni@id.nestle.com)
or Faiza Anindita (ext 1526; email
faiza.anindita@id.nestle.com).
New Trees in Our
New Factory
A tree planted by Anto Basuki
and family
MILO Team in action