Indonesia as the world’s third largest cocoa producer after Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, with a fairly stable political and economic condition, makes it a great opportunity as a supplier of raw materials for both domestic and global markets.
With the revival and development of the processing capacity of the national cocoa industry and the entry of several foreign investors into Indonesia in the cocoa sector, the sustainability of Indonesian cocoa both in terms of productivity and quality is not negotiable, so tips/breakthroughs are needed to strive for the sustainability of Indonesian cocoa.
In the past three years, Indonesia’s cocoa grinding has shown a significant increase, from 130,000 tons in 2009/2010 to 265,000 tons in 2011/2012. The increase is in line with the increase in export volume and finished products from 16% in 2009 to 54% in 2012. On the other hand, there is a slight downward trend in cocoa production which is partly due to the ageing of the plants, coupled with the ageing of cocoa producers/farmers, pest and disease attacks, declining soil fertility, lack of interest of the next generation to become cocoa farmers, and competition for land use between cocoa cultivation and other commodities.
Cocoa Cultivation and Other Commodities.
In order to find breakthrough solutions to realize the sustainability of Indonesian cocoa both in terms of production and quality in support of the downstream program policy, the Indonesian Cocoa Board, in collaboration with the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Trade, and cocoa stakeholders, intends to organize an Indonesian Cocoa Workshop with the theme “Improving Productivity and Quality Towards Sustainable Indonesian Cocoa”.
Workshop Participants:
- Cocoa farmers, traders, manufacturers and industry; cocoa researchers, academics and observers.
- Government, policy makers
- Associations, businesses in the cocoa sector, and related organizations.
Objective: To produce real breakthroughs in realizing sustainable Indonesian cocoa.
For more information please download the brochure here: DOWNLOAD BROSUR LOKAKARYA KAKAO 2013
To Download the Proposal for the 2013 Indonesian Cocoa Workshop : DOWNLOAD PERINGATAN HARI KAKAO INDONESIA 2013
