SAMOA COCOA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

THE AGRICHAIN CENTRE HAS ITS ORIGIN IN THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY

The goal of the Samoa Cocoa Export Development Initiative, which ran between 2017 and 2022, was to ensure sustainable growth of the cocoa sub-sector through increased investment.

In particular, the Initiative aimed to increase returns to cocoa farmers, as well as to increase the volume of cocoa exports through a sustainable production and quality management base.

An industry led programme, in co-ordination with Samoan Government agencies, delivered by:

THE DESIRED PROJECT OUTCOMES 

  • Healthier trees producing more cocoa pods at harvest
  • Samoan cocoa meets international best practice standards
  • Sustainable and profitable supply partnerships with international chocolate manufacturers
  • Samoan farmers, industry and the Samoan economy earn more money from an expanded cocoa export sector
  • A globally well connected, highly co-ordinated Samoan cocoa industry