Considerations for the sustainable production of cocoa

It is safe to say that OCP has just begun to address the multitude of challenges related to sustainable cocoa production. As our work pertains to sustainable cocoa production we have been able to, in the past four years: -Identify and stimulate the market demand for cocoa products using organic cocoa; -Identify that strong extension support is critical to begin to meet sustainable goals; -Create assessment and planning tools applicable to a wide variety of cocoa growing regions in light of demand increase; -That the market may prove to be the critical link in stimulating sustainalbe production; -That further region specific research is necessary to identify sustainable production plans. It is OCP's believe that sustainable cocoa production will not only lead to environmental integrity and social and economic stability but will also improve product quality and supply security.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	131209 Whinney, J., 61162 Daniels, S., 89115 Mack, R., 39475 Krauss, U., 76650 Hebbar, P. eds., 3680 CABI Bioscience, Londres (RU), CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza Turrialba, Costa Rica autor/a 3977, 6915 Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC (EUA). Agricultural Research Service, Workshop on Research Methodology in Biocontrol of Plant Diseases with Special Reference to Fungal Diseases of Cocoa Turrialba (Costa Rica) 28 Jun - 4 Jul 1999
Format:	biblioteca
Published:	Turrialba (Costa Rica) 1999
Subjects:	THEOBROMA CACAO, PRODUCCION, SOSTENIBILIDAD, CACAO ORGANICO, CERTIFICACION, MERCADEO, DEMANDA, PROTECCION AMBIENTAL, TENENCIA, LEGISLACION, AGROFORESTERIA,
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