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A team that cultivates innovations on traditional cocoa-growing land
Researchers, technicians, partners from different organizations and external advisors of the Clima-LoCa project traveled from different destinations to meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador, for the same purpose: to analyze the progress and results obtained so far by this...
Clima-LoCa in 2022
This year that is coming to an end marks the reactivation of a project that has brought with it several advances and results that we would like to share with you. Lets read the voices of some of the many collaborators and researchers who made it possible for the...
“Cost vs. benefit has been one of the great challenges”
In our conversation with Johanna Renckens de Rikolto, coordinator of the EU co-financed Road to the Reactivation of Agrifood Ecuador (CREA, for its acronym in Spanish) project, she explains why profitability is a determining factor when evaluating the implications of...
“We are dedicated to exporting cocoa derivatives almost 90%”
We talked to Julio Zambrano who is in charge of Chocolates Finos Nacionales, a company born from the dream and vision of his father, Carlos Zambrano, nearly 60 years ago when he was still a young 18-year-old entrepreneur who decided to bet on the Ecuadorian gold...
The Cacao Blanco produced in Piura, 1.000 kilometers from Lima, is one of the most famous and sought after in the country
In the northwest of the country, in an area of 1,318 hectares, 2% of the national production, grows white cocoa, native and with several national and international awards. Distinctions that have been accompanied by the care and dedicated work of producers who are part...
“Before the regulation, everyone did their job on their own. Now there is a great synergy that will allow us to move forward”
We spoke with Javier Aguilar, a specialist from Peru's National Agrarian Health Service. He is an expert who works to find answers to cadmium and help cocoa producers and growers. In our conversation, he gave us an overview of the impact and effects of the regulation...
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Colombia We analyze the main foreign trade figures along with the perspectives of 65 key players in the cocoa sector in Colombia. There is evidence of a major shift in bean export destinations from Europe to other countries since 2017, and although this change cannot...
Mr. Bean: ‘A sweet dream’
Women, major protagonists of the socioeconomic workshop in Boyacá
We worked as a team with 7 families from the municipality of San Pablo de Borbur, ans with ASOCACAO and Innpulsa Bacao to define the most relevant aspects when analyzing cadmium mitigation alternatives in cocoa production systems in western Boyacá. During the...