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Gains of using the green Cocoa
Business Service Centres
Improved business management and
performance
Improved income and profitability
Improved/Increased Knowledge and
Experience sharing
Increased market information
Improved cocoa beans quality guaran-
teed
Market product diversification (Cocoa
Butter, paste and powder production)
Enabled added value to product (Cocoa
butter, paste and powder production)
Facilitated networking
Improved risk management strategies
Reduced deforestation for cocoa bean
drying PO Box : 1239 Yaoundé
Phone: +237 222 20 27 72 / 677 11 19 89 / 699 99 00 87
Email: [email protected]
www.snvworld.org
SN V C ont ac t s
Increased income for cocoa farmers
through access to green COCOA BUSINESS
SERVICE CENTRES
green COCOA BUSINESS
SERVICE CENTER
Dec 2015—Dec 2017
04 green Cocoa Business Service Centres
BAFIAFCOOP in Bafia, South W est r egion,
Mr. BEN CHE (Tel: 677703816/699790569)
KONAFCOOP in Konye, South W est Region,
Mr. NDEDI BAU (Tel: 661690502/679547147)
SOCOPROCAON in Ngom edzap, Centr e Re-
gion Mr. AMBASSA B. (Tel: 679285184/690979405)
CACOA +Ayos in Ayos, Centr e Region,
Mr. MEYANGA A. (Tel: 674635096/698311829)
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and
Food sector (GIA )
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Objectives
Increase income of cocoa farmers through access to cocoa business services and val-ue addition.
Components
1. Cooperative development
2. Cocoa processing and marketing by cooperatives
3. Market linkage for improved access to financing, inputs and the market itself.
Results
Over 12000 farmers using the CBSC.
At least 2000 farmers with increased incomes from efficient inputs and out-puts markets.
6 solar dryers serving over 4000 cocoa farmers.
At least 32 employment positions cre-ated for farmers in cocoa processing and marketing.
At least 600 farmers earning a premi-um for increased quantity and quality of cocoa business with their coopera-tives.
Innovations
Solar dryer
Cocoa processing
Green cocoa warehousing
Inclusive business models
Leadership and nutrition
Sweet cocoa database
So la r D ry er
An ultra modern solar dryer equipped with tempera-
ture and humidity recorders capable of drying 1.35
tons of cocoa in 5 days at 8% water content mini-
mum. Attract better prices for zero smoky cocoa bean
taste and zero deforestation.
W a re ho us e
A storage space for over 190 tons
of cocoa in bags equipped with a
temperature and humidity moni-
toring equipment. Laboratory for
quality testing before classifica-
tion, office space for management
and garbage collection pit for
waste management.
Pro ce ss i ng Un i t
An equipped building with semi industrial
machinery for cocoa processing and pack-
aging. A show room for display backed
with a gendered cloakroom and toilet. For
cocoa butter, paste and powder
An d mu ch mor e…
Inclusive business models that promote
win—win relationships between coopera-
tives and buyers, input suppliers and fi-
nance institutions, backed by coaching to
practice improved leadership, gender and
youth inclusion , nutrition awareness and
improvement. A computerized dynamic
database enabling access to cooperative
business information at all levels
PO Box : 1239 Yaoundé Phone: +237 222 20 27 72 / 677 11 19 89 / 699 99 00 87 Email: [email protected] www.snvworld.org
SN V C ont ac t s
green COCOA BUSINESS
SERVICE CENTER (CBSC)