Multi-agency Cocoa Platform
Cacao 2030-2050
Context of the story
Cocoa producers in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) share many of the problems that always need to be addressed depending on the particularities and dynamics of the territories. In several countries of the region, cocoa cultivation has received a strong boost in recent years through productive modernization processes and the generation of new technologies; However, the region needs to better articulate these efforts and investments through strategic alliances between the main managers of innovation, through a platform or network. The establishment of a platform will make it possible to shorten technological development times by adding capabilities and complementing efforts.
Regional Platform
The implemented initiative
The objective of this seed fund was to create a multi-agency cocoa platform that strengthens LAC's position as a net producer and exporter of quality cocoa. The platform will promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences and will facilitate the development of a wide-ranging regional project, where public-private, national, regional and international institutions participate, to comprehensively address technological, organizational and institutional issues of the value chain cocoa. This platform will be identified as "Cacao 2030-2050".
Regional Proposal for R+ D i in cocoa
The technological solution
For the proper functioning of this platform, it was necessary to carry out a diagnosis of the realities of the producers and the paths traveled by the countries and their institutions to reduce technological gaps towards a sustainable intensification of production. Subsequently, a consensual regional impact project was developed focused on solving emerging crop problems.
Cocoa constitutes an alternative to face the effects of climate change and is currently key to carry out peace processes in certain regions of Latin America.
Participating countries
Type of project
Results
- A baseline diagnosis on the cocoa value chain in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- A consensual R+D+i project