Adoption study of "Improving the sustainability of cocoa production in eastern Indonesia through integrated pest, disease and soil management in an effective extension and policy environment"

HORT/2010/011: Improving the sustainability of cocoa production in eastern Indonesia through integrated pest, disease and soil management in an effective extension and policy environment was an A$2,016,193 project that operated from April 2011 to June 2016. It aimed to address the decline in cacao productivity on smallholdings and the effects of changes in the value chains and regulatory frameworks. The stated main focus was on the livelihoods of smallholder cacao growers in Sulawesi and West Papua. The project was designed to address productivity, pest and disease management, soil fertility, the development of extension models, and the impact on smallholders of policy settings, market-related frameworks and large-scale cacao development activities.

The primary purpose of the study was to establish the extent to which the project contributed to outcomes by identifying intended and unintended project results, with a particular focus on differential effects for women and men, and understanding the multiple pathways through which the project contributed to outcomes including where, how and why adoption of research knowledge had occurred within the different actor groups.