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Cocoa Futures: Returns to farmers, industry and environment from agroforestry investments

Objectives of the Session:

  • Clarify to various actors and stakeholders in the cocoa sector of the scope of cocoa agroforestry
  • Raise awareness of the opportunities and benefits of cocoa agroforestry
  • Profile the new INAFORESTA network and seek participation from wider group
  • Prompt new investment and support for cocoa agroforestry
  • Solicit additional ideas to progress cocoa agroforestry

Format:
1430-14.50 - Introduction of Panelists
- solicit from audience their expectations of cocoa agroforestry
- History, overview
Tony
14.50-15.00 - Presentation of INAFORESTA (network, website, meeting report) Eduardo
15.00-15.20 - Collaborative Programme Perspective (STCP)
Using African examples
Richard
15.20-15.40 - Research and Development Institute Perspective
Using Latin America examples
Eduardo
15.40-16.00 - Corporate Perspective
Using Asian examples
Including a critique of industry
Howard
16.00-16.30 - Moderated discussion with audience Tony
16.30-16.45 - Next steps, Follow-up, Commitments
16.45-17.00 - Closing remarks from Panelists
Panelist Presentations

These are designed to set the scene. Some common things included in them are:

  • cocoa agroforestry is not competing with monoculture cocoa but complementary to it
  • highlighting problems that cocoa AF can address including risks and uncertainties
  • the production ecology of cocoa AF using regional examples
  • projecting the cocoa production landscape 20-30 years from now
  • the scope and realities of diversification
  • suitability domains
  • some off-the-shelf existing functional options
  • proof of application and scale up needed