Chocolate for Development
A Development Marketplace project in Ecuador believes that farmers who understand fine chocolate and the value of positioning it in the global market are more successful in selling the final product and responding to market demands.
That is why this innovative project called “Organoleptic Analysis to Improve Market Access for Cacao Growers” has already trained 11 cocoa growers associations on the sensorial analysis of chocolate, sharing best practices for drying and fermenting cocoa and marketing.
Farmers who attended the training received information on how to assess and improve chocolate quality. They also learned how to negotiate with external actors.
Farmers who attended the training received information on how to assess and improve chocolate quality. They also learned how to negotiate with external actors.
This project, was one of the 22 winning 2008 Development Marketplace projects that competed on the theme of Sustainable Agriculture for Development. The project team from Conservación y Desarrollo (CyD) visited the World Bank offices on October 21, 2010.
CyD is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental citizen’s group founded in 1992 and headquartered in Quito, Ecuador. The group collaborates with government agencies and the private sector “to promote sustainable development and the rational use of natural resources, and to raise public consciousness about resource management.” http://www.ccd.org.ec/
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