Building Capacity at Origin
Structured and tailored programmes for stakeholders at origin
From a ready to book training to a programme designed with a cooperative, an NGO or a national institution, CoEx builds the capacity to understand, improve and communicate cacao quality, from a single farm to an entire producing origin.
Who is this for
Cacao producers, producer organisations and cooperatives, quality managers, post-harvest specialists, extension officers and technicians, as well as NGOs, development organisations and national institutions building quality capacity at scale.
CoEx Origins Training
3 days · up to 30 participants
A three day training combining sensory evaluation, physical quality assessment and market orientation, delivered at origin or in our lab for producers and producer organisations.
Tailored programmesTailored Capacity Building
Cooperative to national scale
Programmes designed directly with partners and scaled to fit, from a single cooperative to national quality systems, drawing on the wider expertise of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.
Latest News
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