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Tree Growing and Sustainable Cocoa Producing
Many farmers lack the appropriate knowledge and therefore increase yields, improve quality and boost their income. Which leads to switching crops after they stop paying enough. However, sudden stop or lack in specific crops can result in product deficit and selling price increases. Plan Tree
Providing levels of expertise for example field cleaning, farm infrastructure, harvesting, fermentation, drying and bean grading advancements. Cocoa is predominately the small-holder crop, but has great potential to improve rural incomes if productivity and quality can be improved. The root problems are regarding lack of knowledge about best practices in ecological cocoa production.
Demand for fine quality cocoa is increasing quickly. However, many cocoa producers who wish to grow fine flavor cocoa do not need access to the information they need about which varieties to cultivate, or how to ferment and dry fine flavor of cocoa. Flavor development starts on the farm. The cocoa industry is undeveloped on this area. Due to the recent wave in gourmet and healthy chocolate, there is a growing need in the market place for better flavour and fermented beans. The Fermentation Labs allow consistent strategies to producing fermented beans and developing new flavors.Plan Tree
Cocoa Family Foundation has many programs constantly in place to help thousands of farmers and their families will receive the tools and training necessary to improve agricultural practices to ensure cocoa is produced in the most sustainable way.
Another key point with farming will be the certification and fair producing practices. Assisting in creating close ties between farmers and certification agencies at origin can certainly strengthen small hold farmers businesses, improved their farming businesses, upgraded their drying and fermenting technology and sell Certified cocoa at the premium price. The success of that partnership can boosted the revival of traditional methods, which had been in decline since the roll-out of sun-grown hybrid plants. Enable organizations to include greater transparency and control health of their supply chains, not only to improve the efficiency of their internal processes but additionally to provide their customers which includes a greater degree of assurance within the quality and provenance in their products. Today’s consumers want to understand that the products they buy are created by farmers whose working circumstances are fair and only. Certification provides better access to market and more secure trade relations, which contributes to better farm income.