Type
  • Report
  • Guidance Document
  • LICoP Publication
Sector
  • Coffee
  • Cocoa
  • Vanilla
  • Tea
  • Other
Use
  • Benchmarking
  • Actual Incomes
  • Strategies
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
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LICoP Publication English Guidance Document Benchmarking Actual Incomes

LICOP Study Template for Alignment

Use the template below to note study parameters and major methodological decisions for better understanding of results and easier comparison across studies.

Author:

The Living Income Community of Practice

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Report Cocoa Strategies English

Fairtrade Living Income Reference Prices for Cocoa from Ghana & Côte d’Ivoire

Fairtrade’s Living Income Reference Prices were first established for cocoa from Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in 2018, following a large-scale household income study conducted in Côte d’Ivoire. The new Living Income Reference Prices presented in this document

Author:

Fairtrade International

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Report Coffee Actual Incomes English

Living Income Benchmark and Actual Income Assessment of Coffee Farmers in Bandung District, West Java, Indonesia

The aim of this study is to assess the income needed for farming families to have a decent life in Bandung Regency, West Java province.

Author:

Result+Consulting & GIZ SASCI+

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English Cocoa LICoP Publication Benchmarking

Living Income Update Report Rural Cocoa-Growing Areas Ghana, 2024

This report provides updated estimates of the living income for rural Ghana. The update for June 2024 takes into account inflation since the living income study of March 2018 (Smith & Sarpong, 2018).

Author:

Anker Research Institute

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English Cocoa LICoP Publication Benchmarking

Living Income Update Report Rural Cocoa-Growing Areas Côte d’Ivoire, 2024

This report provides updated estimates of the living income for rural Côte D’Ivoire. The update for June 2024 takes into account inflation since the June 2022 living income update report (Anker & Anker, 2022).

Author:

Anker Research Institute

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Guidance Document Coffee English

Pocket Guide: Achieving Living Income

An introductory guide overviewing the living income concept and tips for coffee stakeholders on how to get started on designing living income approaches and programs in coffee supply chains.

Author:

Sustainable Food Lab, Sustainable Coffee Challenge

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Strategies English Report

Living income workshop report

Following a brief assessment of the living income concept, FAO organized a living income workshop that was held from 9 to 10 November 2023 in Rome, Italy.

Author:

FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

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LICoP Publication Spanish Strategies

Principios de inclusión para promover el ingreso digno

Hacemos hincapié en los principios de inclusión y responsabilidad compartida para promover el ingreso digno.

Author:

Living Income Community of Practice, GIZ, idh

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LICoP Publication Strategies Beginner English Guidance Document NGOs

Principles of inclusion in advancing living income

We emphasize the principles of inclusion and shared responsibility in advancing living income. We must work together to ensure that the following commitments drive our collective action on living income with smallholder farmers:

Author:

Living Income Commuity of Practice, GIZ, idh

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Guidance Document Benchmarking Researchers English LICoP Publication

Guidance Document on Criteria for Methodologies on Living Income and Living Wage Estimates

The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of LICoP discussed quality criteria that a methodology should fulfill and created a first version of such criteria...

Author:

Living Income Community of Practice Technical Advisory Committee

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Guidance Document Strategies Government NGOs Private Sector English LICoP Publication

Aligned Inclusive Living Income Narrative and Indicators

This guidance is intended to support companies, NGOs and governments to ensure investment programs and trade both make impact at origin while minimizing companies’ legal risk of buying from small farmers in new EU legislation.

Author:

Living Income Community of Practice Technical Advisory Committee

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Other Report English LICoP Publication Private Sector Cocoa

16 Key Factors for Successful Private Sector Living Income Programmes

A version of this document was published in 2023 as part of the Living Income Workshop focused on the cocoa sector that took place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Author:

The Living Income Community of Practice

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Report Cocoa English Researchers

Cocoa household income study approach

A sector-wide approach to assessing the living income status of households in the cocoa sector

Author:

van der Haar, S., Janssen, V.C.J., Diallo, O., Boza, F.B., Diarra, I., Ingram, V., Kouadio, K.A.S., Laven, A., N’dri, A.N., N’guessan, A., Waarts, Y.,

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Report Guidance Document Cocoa Benchmarking English

Adjusting Living Income Benchmarks for Household Size in the Cocoa Sector: Methodological Note from the Ben & Jerry’s Tony’s Open Chain MEL Working Group

The full report examines how an inter-organizational Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Working Group – worked to align on ways of measuring and reporting progress towards living income within two cocoa co-operatives in Côte d'Ivoire.

Author:

Carley-Jane Stanton, Rachel Wadham

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Report Guidance Document Cocoa Benchmarking Actual Incomes English

Aligning Living Income Methodologies in the Cocoa Sector: Lessons from the Ben & Jerry’s and Tony’s Open Chain MEL Working Group

Since 2021, an inter-organizational Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Working Group has navigated the challenges associated with common data collection practices for measuring and reporting cocoa incomes

Author:

Carley-Jane Stanton, Rachel Wadham