| Project Detail |
This initiative is oriented towards the implementation of a financing program to improve and increase the competitiveness of the Costa Rican cocoa sector through productive projects in the different links of the chain, which contribute to improving and strengthening socioeconomic conditions, mainly income and employment in rural areas of the country. The foregoing will be carried out through the implementation of a business model that promotes associativity, economies of scale in the chain and allows the addition of value for a better commercial insertion. Its action should favor the organization and commercial link between the links in the chain, based on the opportunities offered by the market.
General objective:
Improve the competitiveness of the Costa Rican cocoa sector through the implementation of a financing program that promotes the integral development of the chain as a whole.
Specific objectives:
Establish the feasibility conditions for the production of cocoa under agroforestry systems, adding value and commercialization of derived products in such a way that it promotes the productive chain in the rural territories of intervention of the program.
Develop the support platform for the chain and mechanisms for the effective linking of the beneficiaries and their organizations to the program, as well as the capacities required in their specific productive activities.
Develop the bases for the implementation of the financing program, through the placement of credits aimed at the planting of agroforestry systems for cocoa production, the rehabilitation of existing plantations and the promotion of value addition with investment options and management modalities in public-private partnerships.
Develop the bases for the implementation of the financing program, through the placement of credits aimed at planting agroforestry systems for cocoa production, the rehabilitation of existing plantations and the promotion of value addition with investment options and management modalities in public-private partnerships.
Implement a pilot planting plan for cocoa under models of conservation of forests and other natural habitats in the Peninsular Biological Corridor that allows demonstrating sustainable agricultural development in a context of environmental conservation, using the methodologies already validated by the Financing Program for the Improvement and Increase of the Competitiveness of the Costa Rican Cocoa Sector.
Promote the consumption, recognition and fair trade of cocoa and/or derived products in the national market by linking organizations or producers with hotels, cafeterias, restaurants or industrialists.
Accompany and provide follow-up to local organizations or producers during the process of negotiation, preparation, logistics, and export of dry cocoa and/or derived products for fair marketing and placement with Hotel Chocolat or other potential buyers.
Approach and accompany micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that produce and/or transform cocoa with financial operators in their intention to acquire financial services from the Development Banking System (SBD). |
