1. Feed the Future North /
AVANSE
Appui à la Valorisation du potentiel Agricole du Nord
pour la Sécurité
Economique et environnementale
The Pro’s and Con’s of Growing

2. Cocoa in Small Caribbean Countries
AVANSE HAITI
Haiti cocoa beans ready for export
Cultivating high
quality shade
grown cocoa
• Increase tree
coverage in Haiti
Sustainable
cultivation
100%
fermented
grown
cocoa

3. A time for change for cocoa farmers in Haiti

4. Feed The Future North / AVANSE
will double crop incomes for
43,500 households and double
export volume of cocoa from
supported farmers by the end of
year five.
Opportunities for cocoa farmers

5. FTFN/AVANSE
Farm Field
School
Access to
Credit
Fair trade
Label
Technical
support
Gender
inclusion
Voucher for
new variety
of cocoa
trees
Marketing

6. Increase
cocoa
farmers
income
Better
Education
Food
Security

7. AVANSE commitment
Strengthen
Communities
Create a sustainable
sector across the
Northern Corridor to
benefit communities
and strengthen cocoa
farming for the next
generation.
Invest in cocoa farmers
Improving the quality of
life for farmers and their
families as to increase
yields and income of
cocoa farmers.

11. FTFN / AVANSE will train an
additional 7000 farmers, a
continuation of USAID program
in the North to assure
sustainable growth and
economic opportunity.

14. Constraints for cocoa farmers
Low yield per hectare: <250kg
Soil fertility depletion
Aging cocoa trees
Climate change
Need market information

15. Private Sector - implementing
partners in the North
Added Value
Maison
Novella
• Europe
Market
• USA Market
FECCANO
• 100%
Fermented
Cocoa beans
• Gender
Inclusion in
cocoa value
chain
Pisa
• Start-up,
100%
fermented
cocoa beans
• A company
of REBO
group

16. .
Our partners in the private sector
are looking to partner with chocolate
manufactures to produce
valueadded gourmet chocolate
tailored specifically to export
markets; a sure avenue to double
farmers’ incomes.

17. Value added Products
Cocoa Flavor Profile

18. Create new product with cocoa
flavor
profile for local market
Chocolate product has reached $19.9
billion in 2012 according to NCA
journal.

19. AVANSE means going
forward
The Caribbean farmers are looking
for niche market to move forward to
higher quality cocoa products

21. Thank you for your attention
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22. Come partner with us!