Health as a Catalyst: How Cross-Sector Action Boosts Livelihoods in Cotton and Cocoa Supply Chains

How can joint and scalable efforts in health unlock broader impact and income stability for smallholder farmers?

Join us for a webinar hosted by the Living Income Community of Practice to explore how collaboration across the cocoa and cotton sectors is strengthening healthcare access for smallholder farming communities, creating positive ripple effects on income stability and gender equity.

Drawing on insights from Elucid’s work in global supply chains, we’ll highlight how joint engagement from cocoa and cotton stakeholders helped unlock additional public co-funding. This support has expanded the reach of health interventions beyond individual supply chains to entire farming communities, increasing impact and contributing to long-term improvements in health, resilience, and livelihoods.

The session will unpack how healthcare access helps protect farmer incomes by reducing out-of-pocket costs, preventing productivity losses, and enabling reinvestment in farming. For companies, these outcomes make a strong case for integrating health into supply chain strategies, reducing economic vulnerability among farmers, and supporting more resilient sourcing systems.

A panel of company representatives, local implementers, and funders will share practical insights from the field, followed by an interactive audience Q&A.