Asian research project for cocoa cultivation

摘要

Barry Callebaut has launched an extensive agronomic research programme in Malaysia aimed at developing sustainable cocoa cultivation techniques. The programme hopes to yield new insights into practical measures for boosting the sustainability, productivity and quality of cocoa production - and hence profitability for local farmers in a responsible and sustainable manner. Covering a total area of ten hectares of an existing cocoa plantation, the programme constitutes a large scale experiment testing a wide variety of pragmatic variables relevant to the Asian region.