Ecuador seeks to double cocoa

exports by 2030. June 17, 2019 -

12h47

Yaguachi, Guayas.- The President of the Republic, Lenín Moreno, signed a

decree on Monday to begin the Program for the Competitive Improvement of
Cocoa and its Derivatives.
 Ecuador seeks to double cocoa
exports by 2030
• Increasing exports of cocoa and its derivatives
from $ 760 million - figure achieved in 2018 -
to at least $ 1.5 billion until 2030 is one of the
actions that includes the 'Program for the
Competitive Improvement of Cocoa and its
Derivatives', that the government launched on
Monday with the signing of a presidential
decree that raised the initiatives announced to
public policy.
 Ecuador seeks to double cocoa
exports by 2030
• In addition, it is expected to generate 12,000 new
jobs in the sector to add them to the 120,000
that currently exist; and convert at least 200,000
hectares (Ha) to cocoa production.
• The president of the Republic, Lenín Moreno , did
it during an event in Yaguachi (Guayas), where he
also announced that they already have an
investment for the sector of $ 600 million for the
next 10 years.
 Ecuadorian cocoa is already exported
with a sector brand
• "We will all do it with clear beads and thick chocolate,
our destiny is to be the first world cocoa power, our
challenge is to be the first chocolate power," said the
president.
• Ecuador is the third largest cocoa producer in the world
with 8% of the production behind the African Ivory
Coast and Ghana; and the first producer of fine aroma
cocoa with 65%.
• Xavier Lazo , Minister of Agriculture and Livestock
(MAG), highlighted the actions planned by the
Government and noted that a new cocoa boom is
being seen.
 Ecuador seeks to double cocoa
exports by 2030
• "We will achieve nothing without the union of all actors,
public and private. Fine cocoa is permeated in our history.
With this Plan Ecuador will show the world a social face,
taking care of cocoa and producing with
quality"@XavierLazoG #EcuadorTierraDelCacao pic.
twitter.com/jOGCNEdlgy - Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock Ecuador (@AgriculturaEc) June 17, 2019.
• "Out of every $ 100 that the agricultural sector produces, $
8 comes out of cocoa," said Lazo, who said that within the
plan it will strengthen the association because 96% of
cocoa producers have less than 10 hectares, that is, that He
talks about peasant family farming.
 Ecuador seeks to double cocoa
exports by 2030
• "To be able to compete in the opening of the market, in the new
challenges of climate change, it is necessary to strengthen the associativity
and soon you will see all the government contingent dedicated to work in
the modern cooperativism that this country needs to be able to compete
", Xavier Lazo, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock.
• Meanwhile, Article 1 of the Decree declares the cocoa chain and its
derivatives as a priority for the fulfillment of the sustainable development
goals associated with the 2030 agenda and the strengthening of the
national economy. Decree 2 indicates that the experiential tourism of
cocoa will also be promoted.
• The Program will be in charge of the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade,
Investments and Fisheries; and the MAG. (I)

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