Project

Local added value creation through knowledge transfer in cocoa and chocolate processing

Code
HGA179P23011
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Food sciences and (bio)technology
Keywords
chocolate production Ghana best practices cocoa processing
 
Project description

The project wants to obtain insight in quantitative and qualitative parameters influencing the quality of intermediate and final products in the cocoa value chain in the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire cross boundary region. It aims at intervening in the entire cocoa value chain by identifying realistic interventions such as best management practices, soil care, pest management, optimized fermentation conditions, which will allow the farmers to produce more beans of higher quality.