Becli Cedeño Moreira and Carlos Véliz Alcívar Ecuadorian cocoa farmer workshop in Nestlé’s experimental cocoa farm
Nacional cocoa trees are unique to Ecuador and their cocoa gives a special floral flavour to chocolate. On October 9th 2009, over 40 cocoa farmers from all over Ecuador participated in a workshop about Nacional cocoa tree propagation in the Nestlé experimental cocoa farm in Ecuador. Nestlé is buying directly from cocoa farmers and their coops, so not only do they receive a transparent price for their cocoa, but at the same time are being trained to increase the production levels (and thus income) from their farms through good farming practices.
