Agro-processing (Cocoa & Herbs/Spices)

Roundtable: International Trends & Opportunities.

April 15-16, 2015

Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Opportunities for Caribbean

cocoa/chocolate producers in

Europe.

Mr. Abel Fernandez

Manager-Exports & Logistics,

ORGANIC

BIODYNAMIC FAIRLY TRADED

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

GLOBALLY SUSTAINABLE

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

OUR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL COMPETITION

OUR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL COMPETITION

OUR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL COMPETITION

OUR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL COMPETITION

WHAT DO WE

DO

Organized Producers

Groups

PPP s

Certifications

Promotion of Local Industry

and consumption

Government Support

ORGANIZED PRODUCERS

GROUPS

Producers are the raw

material in this process.

Training, teaching and

empowering them will

always be easier if

organized.

PPP s

Public – private – partnership has

demonstrated to be an excellent skill

for the implementation of projects to

support producers groups in the

achievement of goals like:

Maintenance of Organic production

program, compliance of social and

environmental criteria etc.

PROMOTION OF LOCAL INDUSTRY

AND DOMESTICAL CONSUMPTION

Local industry may normally

represents added value

consequently better income

for local producers.

Domestical consumption

can be promoted in touristic

areas in producing countries.

CERTIFICATIONS

Despite of the fact that producers

should comply criteria because

they are convenient, Certifications

should be kept as they has

become in the referee to certify

that different criteria are complied

accordingly. In the meantime they

have become in a requirement to

access market.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

This is crucial to achieve level of

efficiency and sustainability in

cocoa sector in the different

countries.

Such support should Includes public

infrastructure, basic services to the

communities and eventually

donation of planting material.

In Conclusion

Organized Producers Groups can learn, use and apply

more efficiently the resources while meeting the

standards.

Buyers are more happy and committed due to

improvement of quality but also because the impact

of the cooperation is reflected at the community level.

Happy government because communities reach a

level of self-sufficiency in some respects, at least