Adding value to the cocoa value chain with Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Colombia (EN)

Compañía Nacional de Chocolates (CNCH) is part of Grupo Nutresa, which has production plants in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru. Since 1958, CNCH established the area of Purchasing and Agricultural Development, seeking to promote a sustainable supply of cocoa. It has professionals to strengthen the cocoa-chocolate value chain in various components (CNCH, n.d.): - Training through technical advice and training in the company's farms and demonstration plots; promotion of good agricultural practices and technological dissemination. - Distribution of planting material for new plantings, rehabilitation and renovation. - Development of programs and productive alliances with chain actors. - Accompanying social and agribusiness programs. - Research that provides relevant solutions to the sector. - Marketing in an integral relationship with farmers. Marketing and innovation agency for the development of Cundinamarca (ACIDC).