A total of 581 representatives from cocoa exporting companies, producer associations, traders and technical experts from public and private institutions in Ecuador took part in a series of webinars designed to enhance their knowledge of traceability and facilitate the adaptation of the cocoa supply chain to the requirements of the European Union Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR), as well as

More than 500 people participated in the Forum-Fair on Cocoa Traceability held on 19 and 20 March in the towns of El Coca and Puerto Murialdo (Loreto), in the province of Orellana, Ecuador. Both days were attended by producers, as well as institutional representatives and representatives of the export sector. During the

The capital of Ecuador hosted the 5th EU-LAC Agrifood Dialogue, which was attended by specialists and representatives of the public and private sectors from more than 20 countries of the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean. The event was organised by AL-INVEST Verde in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and was focused on

A total of 42 professionals, including technical and administrative staff from 12 provinces of Ecuador belonging to the Consortium of Autonomous Provincial Governments of Ecuador (CONGOPE), have acquired technical and methodological knowledge on traceability and geo-referencing to adapt the cocoa value chain to the European Union Regulation on Deforestation Free Products (EUDR). In an event held on 11

The Inter-Institutional Committee for Sustainable Production and Marketing (CIPCS) of Ecuador, the National Association of Cocoa Exporters (ANECACAO) and the Cocoa Coalition, supported by AL-INVEST Verde through Component 2 of the programme, organised the seminar "Sustainable Trade and Production" on 24 March in Guayaquil (Ecuador). During the meeting, the importance of

Nearly one hundred representatives from the public sector, private sector, academia and the field of cooperation in Ecuador have concluded the course on "Training of trainers in traceability and good agricultural and commercial practices for the cocoa value chain", the objective of which has been to cooperate with the country to adapt to the requirements of the European Regulation on free products.