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Improving Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing to Support Management of Cadmium Levels in Cocoa in Latin America and the Caribbean
Start Date:
01/02/2022
End Date:
30/09/2025
Description
Project that supports Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago in establishing a coordinated pathway to meet international regulations on cadmium in cocoa and cocoa-derived products. It establishes a regional platform for information sharing and consensus on standardized testing protocols, trains laboratory technical staff and trainers of farmers, updates cadmium hotspot maps and promotes awareness and technical assistance to producers on mitigation practices, in order to safeguard market access and producers' livelihoods.
Iniciative Type
Action scope
Multicountry
Evaluated
No
Stage
Completed
Temporalidad
Short-term
Number of Years
3 - Year -s
Related elements
Sectors:
Thematic Areas:
Countries:
Beneficiaries:
Instruments:
- Education and training for farmers
- International technical cooperation
- Sanitary, phytosanitary and biosafety standards
- Support to technological research and development
- Guides, manuals, protocols
- Harmonization of standards and regulations
- Studies and diagnoses
- Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
- Education and awareness building
- Experience sharing
Resultados:
Budget in USD
Budget in USD
$381,946.00
Counterpart Budget
$432,173.00
Total Budget
$814,119.00
Annual Average Budget
$203,530.00
| Financing Sources | Financing Types |
|---|---|
| STDF: Standards Enforcement and Trade Promotion Fund | Global or multilateral funds |
| ERDF: European Regional Development Fund | Development aid |
Institutions
| Institutions | Institutions rols |
|---|---|
| IICA: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture | Financing-investor |
| STDF: Standards and Trade Development Facility | Financing-investor |
| EU: European Union | Execution and operation |
| ICCO: International Cocoa Organization | Execution and operation |
| AGROSAVIA: Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation | Execution and operation |
| MIDAGRI: Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Peru) | Monitoring and auditing |
| Fedecacao: National Federation of Cocoa Growers of Colombia | Planning |
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