Archive for year: 2020

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Smallholder farms are characterized by their small size and low productivity coupled with limited alternative income-earning opportunities for the farmers. However, there is an array of different cocoa farming systems and technical advices to farmers need to be better adapted to their specific farming context.

The University of Reading will carry out a literature review and a comparative analysis of existing data and information on cocoa farming systems.  Additional information will be gathered from research and extension services providers in cocoa producing countries, cocoa and chocolate companies, certification agencies and universities, etc.

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This study aims to identify and classify cocoa farming systems currently in place in major cocoa producing areas to propose and disseminate measures to enhance the sustainability of cocoa farming target the appropriate measures to enhance the sustainability of cocoa farming.

The study is expected to provide ICCO Member countries and other cocoa stakeholders, a technical manual containing a detailed description of the selected farming models, including agronomic, geographical, economic, social and environmental traits as basis for setting up capacity building programme in farm communities

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Global Review of Cocoa Farming Systems

B27407 Cocoa Grower Guide English

B27407 Cocoa Grower Guide French

B27407 Cocoa Grower Guide Spanish

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The project is in response to the European commission Regulation NO. 488/2014 which established a Maximum Residue Levels of 0.1 – 0.8 mg/kg of cadmium in chocolate products (depending on the percentage of total dry cocoa solids contained). The project will support the participating countries in their coordination and information sharing efforts on best practices for cadmium mitigation and remediation in cocoa as well as to enhance their technical capacity to analyze cadmium levels in cocoa beans. The project will contribute to improving knowledge of cadmium presence in cocoa growing areas through analyses and mapping. The project will also create awareness about cadmium contamination and measures for mitigation and remediation along the cocoa value chain.

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The goal of the project is to maintain market access of cocoa and cocoa-derived products from the Latin America and the Caribbean region by application of strategies for reducing the levels of cadmium concentrations while contributing to poverty alleviation and ensuring food safety. The objective of the project is to better manage cadmium concentration in cocoa and cocoa-derived products from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago through coordinated regional approach, in order to comply with new trade measures establishing cadmium limits.

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The project proposal was reviewed and approved by the Economics Committee at is fourteenth meeting in September 2019. The ICCO Secretariat will submit the project proposal to the Standard and Trade Development Facility (STDF) for grant financing consideration at its meeting in July 2020. The project proposal will also be submitted to other potential donors to secure the necessary co-financing for the project.