Abstract

MONTOYA-RESTREPO, Iván Alonso; MONTOYA-RESTREPO, Luz Alexandra  and  LOWY-CERON, Petter David. Opportunities for cocoa industry in Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia. Entramado [online]. 2015, vol.11, n.1, pp.48-59. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/entramado.2015v11n1.21107.

From some previous diagnostic analysis of the cocoa's value chain "Theobroma cacao", made at national and regional level, the document considers the results of a participatory workshop in which a production and commercialization diagnosis of the cocoa products production, and also the main difficulties and challenges facing producers in a region heavily affected by social problems and a lot of potential in its production. Key findings include the need to strengthen the infrastructure (especially transport and quality of public services), by supporting the consolidation of a cacao's origin denomination and specified requirements, by strengthen the culture associated with cocoa and keep afroculture and also by accompanying associative entrepreneurship in the region.

Keywords : Cacao; cocoa culture; agro-industrial production.

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