Peru hopes to become world-class supplier of cocoa and fine chocolates by 2030
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Victor Maita, urged the sector’s institutions and organizations to work closely to strengthen the positioning and internationalization of cocoa to benefit cocoa producers in family agriculture, within the framework of the proposed National Cocoa and Chocolate Plan.
During the inauguration of the virtual forum on “Cocoa: Closing Gaps, Sustainability and Internationalization”, the minister pointed out that “cocoa cultivation involves more than 100,000 families, 95% of which are producers from family farming.”
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“The National Cocoa and Chocolate Plan, which is being developed multisectoral and which includes the concepts of the sector’s stakeholders, seeks that by 2030 Peru will be recognized for its origin and high supply of cocoa and fine aroma chocolates sustainably,” said, for his part, the general director of Agricultural Development and Agroecology of Midagri, Augusto Aponte.
According to the International Trade Center, Europe has the highest industrial demand for cocoa beans globally, with Holland, Germany, and Belgium as the leading countries where Peruvians can find more and better business opportunities for cocoa.
Victor Sarabia, director of Promotion and Commercial Articulation of Sierra y Selva Exportadora, said that to position cocoa abroad, it is necessary to strengthen the export base and not neglect capacity building.
“We have good opportunities with fine and aromatic cocoa; with our differentiated products and organized producers, we will find the tools that will put Peruvian cocoa in the world’s showcase,” he said.
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