Chocolate Production in Venezuela
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Nearly half the day is spent
nurturing the trees, protecting
them from pests, insects and bad
weather. Using only natural
compost instead of man made
fertilizers is twice the work, but
well worth it to the Venezuelan
cocoa farmers. The price of
conventional cacao beans was $2.00
per kilogram, now they receive
$7.00 per kilogram, quite an
increase. Their products are now
sold directly to foreign chocolate
manufacturers, eliminating the
local intermediaries who have been
priced out of the cacao market.
Fifty families have banded
together to create an association
of organic cacao farmers.
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