World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting
Page Index
- Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address
- Envisioning Cocoa Sustainability: The Next 10 Years
- ACCESO: National and Regional Impact
- Workshop #1: Farm Level Innovations to Invigorate the Cocoa Sector
- Workshop #2: The Biodiversity of Cocoa Farms and its Role in Conservation
- Workshop #3: Cacao Diseases in the Americas: Supply Chain Impact and Response
- Export Quality Cocoa: Meeting the Challenges
- Building Better Practices in the Cocoa Value Chain
- Latin America: Commericial Opportunities and Marketing Potential
- Flavor Profiles of Ecuador: Chocolate Sampling Session
- Closing Remarks
May 21-22, 2008
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Meeting Program (English) [PDF: 154 KB]
Programa de la Reunión (Español) [PDF: 160 KB]
Welcoming Remarks & Keynote Address
- Mayor Jaime Nebot Saadi, City of Guayaquil
- Minister Walter Poveda Ricaurte, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture & Fisheries
- Kip Walk, Blommer Chocolate Company
- Jeff Morgan, Mars Inc.
- Patricia R. Sheikh, US Department of Agriculture
Envisioning Cocoa Sustainability: The Next 10 Years
- Moderator: Anne Alonzo, Kraft Foods
- Ecuador: Sergio Seminario, Grupo Seminario [PDF: 680 KB]
- Colombia: Bernardo Sáenz, Consejo Nacional Cacaotero de Colombia [PDF: 1.2 MB]
- Peru: José Mejia Polanco, Asociación Peruana de Productores de Cacao (APP Cacao) [PDF: 277 KB]
- Dominican Republic: Isidoro de la Rosa Ogando, Conacado [PDF: 2.3 MB]
ACCESO: National and Regional Impact
- Moderator: Marcelo Núñez Rojas, IICA/ACCESO
- Bolivia: Mario Choque, Cooperativa El Ceibo [PDF: 1.87 KB]
- Colombia: Francisco Gómez, CasaLuker Colombia [PDF: 177 KB]
- Ecuador: Pablo Vega, Anecacao [PDF: 1 MB]
- Peru: Luis Zúñiga, Instituto de Cultivos Tropicales [PDF: 3.6 MB]
Workshop #1: Farm Level Innovations to Invigorate the Cocoa Sector
- Moderator: Julio Zambrano, Anecacao
- Sergio Cadavid Vélez, Compañía Nacional de Chocolates [PDF: 3.6 MB]
- Francisco Mite, INIAP [PDF: 11.3 MB]
- Patricio Espinoza, Transmar Commodity Group of Ecuador [PDF: 2.9 MB]
Workshop #2: The Biodiversity of Cocoa Farms and its Role in Conservation
- Moderator: Sergio Cedeño, Aprocafa
- Rafaela Orrantia, Fundación Jambelí [PDF: 4 MB]
- Mauricio Ferro, Conservación y Desarrollo [PDF: 4 MB]
- Jesús Sánchez, FHIA [PDF: 14 MB]
Workshop #3: Cacao Diseases in the Americas: Supply Chain Impact and Response
- Moderator: Steve Genzoli, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Matthieu Vidal, Ecom Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd. [PDF: 2.6 MB]
- Wilbert Phillips-Mora, CATIE [PDF: 3.6 MB]
- Carmen Suárez-Capello, INIAP [PDF: 2 MB]
Export Quality Cocoa: Meeting the Challenges
- Moderator: Denis Harte, ED&F Man Cocoa
- Askley Delgado Flor, Anecacao
- Fernando Crespo Andia, Aprocafa [PDF: 12.3 MB]
- Yoshinori Doi, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. [PDF: 329 KB]
- Clive Barnes, Nestlé [PDF: 462 KB]
Building Better Practices in the Cocoa Value Chain
- Moderator: Annemieke Wijn, Anchor-Consult
- Alain Fredericq, ADM Cocoa [PDF: 582 KB]
- Stephan Weise, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/STCP [PDF: 33 KB]
- T.J. Ryan, ACDI/VOCA [PDF: 16.5 KB]
- Mina Bustamante de Caicedo, Rancho Grande Farmers' Association
Latin America: Commercial Opportunities and Marketing Potential
- Moderator: Gerry Manley, Olam International Ltd.
- Lorena Solórzano, CORPEI [PDF: 2.2 MB]
- Ray Major, Artisan Confections [PDF: 728 KB]
- Alexander Morozoff, COCOAROMA Magazine
Flavor Profiles of Ecuador: Chocolate Sampling Session
- Eduardo Márquez de la Plata, Tulicorp S.A. [PDF: 381 KB]
Closing Remarks
- Tim Johnson, Transmar Commodity Group of Ecuador