Cocoa Matters Latin America & the Caribbean
Special Edition
In honor of the 2018 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting taking place in São Paulo, Brazil, explore the latest activities, research, and innovations in the Latin American & Caribbean cocoa sector in this month's WCF Cocoa Matters Special Edition.
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Cacao Oro's Innovative Plantation in Nicaragua Enters Production
WCF member Cacao Oro de Nicaragua is incorporating demonstrable sustainability and competitive productivity and yield into its work by focusing on traceability and transparency through certification and varietal management and new technologies in propagation.
Cacao Oro's Cocoa Production Technical Manager Gifford Laube breaks down how the company is achieving its agronomic management goals in his new blog post.
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Transforming Peruvian Cocoa for Producers
and Buyers
Take a look into how the Peru Cacao Alliance is investing in long-term sustainability through farmer viability, establishing new organizational models with the private sector, facilitating financing, traceability, and more in a blog post by Palladium's Economic Growth Director Amanda Fernandez and Peru Cacao Alliance's National Director Dr. José Iturrios Padilla.
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Integrated Economic Development: Lessons from Peru
Peru's cocoa production has tripled since 2008, with exports reaching $200 million in 2016—the most dramatic increase among the world’s top cocoa producers. What accounts for this transformation? Learn more about the shared commitment to improve the well-being of farmers and strategies to engage the cocoa supply chain in a blog post by TechnoServe's Chief of Party Victor Ganoza.
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Strengthening Women's Influence in Land Use Decisions in Ecuador Leads to Adoption of Cocoa Agroforestry
Learn about research around women's roles in land use decision making, farm income spending, access to extension programs, and participation in cooperatives in Ecuador in World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)'s Markets and Value Chain Specialist Trent Blare and University of Florida, Gainesville's Associate Professor Pilar Useche's blog post.
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Climate Smart Cocoa in Latin America
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Is All Cocoa Agroforestry Sustainable and Climate-Smart?
To help conserve natural resources and biodiversity, agroforestry systems have historically been favored by local cocoa farming communities. But this model is now under threat due to a number of factors.
See how WCF and key national partners from Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua are engaged with climate smart cocoa agroforestry systems in WCF's Climate Smart Cocoa Latin America Program Manager Falguni Guharay's blog post.
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Mapping the Impact of Climate Change on Central America’s Cocoa
In 2017 and 2018, WCF and national partners from Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic have collected GPS coordinates of 10,500 cocoa farms spread across the different cocoa growing areas of these countries to create maps for these regions.
Learn more about Climate Smart Cocoa's progress on developing climate smart cocoa curricula and to refine climate exposure maps in WCF's Climate Smart Cocoa Latin America Program Manager Falguni Guharay's blog post.
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Transitioning to High-Quality Sustainable Cocoa in the Dominican Republic: A Success Story
WCF member Rizek Cacao is transitioning to high quality cocoa production that started with persuading growers to introduce new varieties of cacao and then creating a control system that allows the company to trace the cocoa throughout every step of the supply chain.
Take a look into this Dominican Republic-based company's work in Rizek Cacao's communications team's blog post.
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Belize: Combining the Best of Caribbean and Central American Cocoa
Nestled between the Caribbean Sea and Mexico and Guatemala, Belize is home to a growing cocoa industry based on fine flavor varieties carried from South America to Mexico over many centuries.
Find out about Belize's potential to increase cocoa production and its farming base with a deep history of agroforestry models, large scale plantation agriculture, and planting materials in Corridgeree Belize Ltd.'s Owner Ruth Moloney's blog post.
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New EU Cadmium Regulations Could Impact Latin American Cocoa Supply Chain
In January 2019, a new European Union (EU) regulation on cadmium in chocolate will go into effect, with a potential for impacting the entire cocoa supply chain.
Learn about cadmium, the Regulation (EU) 488/2014, effects on the cocoa industry, and research on mitigation in Moving Cocoa's Founder and Consultant in Sustainability & Quality Marika van Santvoort's blog post.
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Register for the 2018 WCF Partnership Meeting by September 24 to Catch the Early Bird Rate!
Register by Monday, September 24 to join WCF in São Paulo, Brazil for the 2018 Partnership Meeting to explore the "New Frontiers of Cocoa Sustainability" at the discounted, early bird rate. After September 24, rates will increase by $200, so be sure to secure your spot today.
Learn more about the Partnership Meeting and register today.
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Cocoa Sustainability Roundup
Learn about the work WCF member companies and partners are doing to ensure a sustainable and thriving cocoa sector. Want your company to be featured in our cocoa sustainability roundup? Email zoe.genova@worldcocoa.org for details.
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing published Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Cocoa featuring sections by WCF team members Paul Macek and Sander Muilerman. Order a copy with a special 20% discount using promotion code: WCF20 here.
Cargill
The amount of sustainable cocoa sourced by Cargill in Ghana has doubled since the establishment of its own licensed buying company (LBC) model, with over 13,000 cocoa farmers benefiting from the initiative. Read more.
Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated launched its "Cocoa for Generations" initiative to advance cocoa sustainability by ensuring that everyone within its extended supply chains has the opportunity to thrive, human rights are respected, and the environment is protected. Read more.
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Mondelēz International
Mondelēz International reported key progress against its 2020 goals on sustainable sourcing of cocoa. Read more.
Thompson Reuters Foundation
WCF team members were quoted in a Thompson Reuters Foundation article discussing how Ghana cocoa farmers are harnessing the law to save forests and boost yields. Read more.
Solidaridad and Ghana Cocobod
Solidaridad West Africa and Ghana Cocobod signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement initiatives and boost incomes of cocoa producers. Read more.
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