Brazil presents an overview of the cocoa sector to a select group during Amsterdam Cocoa Week

Published Feb 8, 2024

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The Brazil Session, part of Amsterdam Cocoa Week, recently showcased the diversity and environmentally friendly production systems of Brazil's cocoa farming to international representatives. The session highlighted the progress, challenges, and opportunities in the cocoa chain, with speakers from various sectors expressing optimism for Brazil's cocoa production. Brazil is expected to re-emerge as a major player in the global cocoa scene due to its agroforestry systems, organized institutional environment, and a collective effort from the public, private, and third sectors. The country's cocoa sector is unique in its pursuit of fair and profitable cocoa farming, focusing on environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

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The Brazil Session has just ended, a session for guests, in which representatives of the main entities in the cocoa chain presented the country's cocoa farming. The meeting, organized by the CocoaAction initiative, with the theme “The recovery of Brazil's cocoa: opportunities for a sustainable return", took place during Amsterdam Cocoa Week and brought together around 70 people, representatives of companies, organizations and investment funds international groups, interested in the new moment in Brazilian cocoa farming. The meeting began with the presentation of the documentary “Cocoa, a sustainable fruit from Brazil”, by the National Association of Cocoa Processing Industries (AIPC). The material presents the diversity of national cocoa farming and its different production systems. "Cocoa is cultivated both in the agroforestry system of the Amazon Forest and in the cabruca system, in the Atlantic Forest, in addition to being planted in full sun in non-traditional areas. This ...

Source: NoticiasAgricolas