The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) raises the bar for geolocation-based traceability and legality verification in agro-commodity supply chains, creating both risks and opportunities for smallholders, such as in the cocoa-sector. Ivory Coast, as the world’s largest cocoa producer, is at the center of these dynamics, with cooperatives acting as intermediaries between smallholder farmers and European buyers. This thesis examines: What are the key challenges faced by cocoa cooperatives in Ivory Coast in achieving EUDR compliance, and how can digital solutions support them? Using the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) framework, the study combines a systematic literature review, desk research on existing initiatives and primary data with five cocoa cooperatives as embedded case studies. Findings show that digital tools are essential but insufficient on their own: cooperatives face persistent constraints in data management, system interoperability and reliance on buyer-controlled platforms. The main bottlenecks lie in mid-office data processing and data governance rather than field-level data collection. More inclusive outcomes arise when cooperatives have stronger control over their data and systems, integrated mapping and member registries, and targeted technical support aligned with their capacity. While grounded in the Ivorian cocoa sector, the study offers broader lessons for small and medium-sized enterprises in other smallholder-based supply chains that must implement EUDR-style due diligence, highlighting the need to pair digital traceability tools with organizational capacity-building, clearer standards, and a fairer sharing of compliance responsibilities along the chain.