Ficacao-Pichari 2025 kicked off with more than 200 brands from the Vraem.

Today, Wednesday, December 10, in the city of Pichari, La Convención province, Cusco region, the I International Fair of Peruvian Excellence Cocoa – Ficacao 2025, began, with more than 200 brands from the five regions of the Vraem: Apurímac, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, and Junín. The president of the organizing committee of Ficacao-Pichari 2025 and mayor of the district, Mg. Hernán Palacios Tinoco, reported that the cocoa and derivative brands correspond to cocoa-growing organizations from the Vraem and private enterprises that optimally manage post-harvest for the external market, in addition to having international recognition in the specialty chocolate industry. Among the brands, those led by women stand out, such as “Tsinane”, from the Agrarian Agroindustrial Cooperative Q’ori Warmi Ltda.; “Otaris”, from the Agroindustrial Association of Women Producers of Cocoa and Coffee from the Vraem; “Chocotambo”, from the Association of Women Victors and Entrepreneurs of Tambo del ...