The Fine Flavor Cacao Project
promoting genetic diversity and enhancing farmer livelihood in Peru’s native cacao
Our Work
The Fine Flavor Cacao (FFC) project focuses on Cacao Blanco from Piura and Chuncho from Cusco. Our interdisciplinary team of scientists, economists, and development specialists work in the following areas:
CLIMATE CHANGE MODELING
The long-term sustainability of native cacao in Peru depends on a strong understanding of future climatic conditions.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Pollinators, birds, bats, ants, and anthropods! Who’s hanging around native cacao agroforests and what ecosystem services are they providing?
PLANTATION DESIGN & GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
The productivity, quality, and economic feasibility of native cacao depends on its scalability and diveristy.
SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS, MARKET DEVELOPMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING
The productivity, quality, and economic feasibility of native cacao depends on its scalability and diveristy.
SCALING – UP
Co-developing, with stakeholders from within and outside of the value chain, a strategy for scaling the production and marketing of native FFC in Peru
GENDER & YOUTH
The participatory approach to identify gender- and age – differentiated opportunities for women & youth into the cacao value chain.
From the Blog
I Conversatorio con jóvenes: Experiencias exitosas de jóvenes emprendedores en cacao
¡Bienvenidos al conversatorio!Jan Schubert nos contó sus experiencias, motivaciones e impresiones en la cadena de valor del cacao nativo fino de aroma. Durante su presentación, Jan identificó oportunidades de generación de ingresos para mujeres y jóvenes en la cadena...
¿Pulp fiction? Ampliando opciones de diversificación de mercado del cacao nativo fino de aroma en Perú
El conocimiento de chocolate fino se está volviendo cada vez más común, al menos en el mundo de los amantes de la gastronomía, los turistas y los científicos agroforestales. Tanto en tiendas especializadas como en supermercados, muchos consumidores en su búsqueda de...
Female empowerment for the future of cacao
The FFC project’s gender reserach and women-focused trainings were feature in the Alliance’s International Woman’s Day campaign.
What’s the story about native fine & flavor cacao in Peru?
Special Events
24 july 2020
Virtual Conversation with youth
A team of international and local Local young entrepreneurs and cacao lovers speakers will talk about how to be successful through entrepreneurship using local diversity of cacao chuncho …
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