INDEED! INDEED! That’s the key: SMALL FARMERS!
They are the little guys that spend minimal, but with the RIGHT and CORRECT Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) will be the sustainable force to uplift and improve the production of good-quality cacao products equal to other cacao-producing countries (African, South American and neighboring Indonesia, Papua New Guinea & Vietnam.)
The countries happen to be the new-players with big accreditation due to its consistent cacao beans quality implementing strict GAP!
Locally, family-based cacao farming, low-cost yet sustainable in clusters and organized collection of post-harvest processing centers to produce good quality dry beans / FDCBs for both local and export market is the challenge to all of us.
Think about it.
To read the entire 2011 article in Mindanews click HERE.
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