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Training of trainers in traceability and good agricultural and commercial practices for the cocoa value chain.
Through this action, during the first phase, technical assistance was provided to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Ecuadorian Agency for Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control (Agrocalidad) to facilitate adaptation to the requirements of the Regulation on products free from deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR) in the cocoa value chain. AL-INVEST Verde delivered a training course to improve the sector's capacity to comply with EUDR requirements, in collaboration with the European Union in Ecuador and the SAFE programme of German Cooperation-GIZ. During the second phase, Agrocalidad is being supported in adapting the cocoa value chain in the Ecuadorian provinces of Guayas, Manabí, Esmeraldas, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo, Orellana, Napo, Sucumbíos and El Oro to the EUDR.
Implementation period:
- Phase I: November 2023 - September 2024.
- Phase II: May 2025 - August 2026.
Results
PHASE I
- Training for more than 100 representatives of the public, private and academic sectors linked to the cocoa value chain. in five provinces of Ecuador.
- Capacity building on traceability and good agricultural practicesThe EU's new EU Deforestation Free Regulation (EUDR).
- Systematisation of results of each of the courses given.
- Online training and field visits to explore geolocation techniques. that help to comply with the due diligence process and with legal, deforestation-free production.
PHASE II
- Training for more than 60 representatives of the public, private, academic and cooperation sectors. of the main cocoa-producing provinces: Guayas, Manabí, Esmeraldas, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo, Orellana, Napo, Pichincha and El Oro..
- These trainers will train some 1,800 implementers on the use of the GUIA System and the EUDR, who will conduct workshops in the above-mentioned provinces for producers. Some 30,000 are expected to register and enter their data in the GUIA System.
- Facilitating the processes of adaptation to EUDR requirements in the cocoa value chain.
News
More than 500 people take part in the first Cocoa Traceability Forum-Fair in Orellana
Ecuador, 19 and 20 March 2026. Held on 19 and 20 March in the towns of El Coca and Puerto Murialdo (Loreto), in the province of Orellana, both days were attended by producers, as well as institutional and export sector representatives.
Governments of 12 provinces in Ecuador receive training on traceability in the cocoa value chain
Ecuador, 12 February 2026. A total of 42 technical and administrative professionals 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 EUDR.
More than 2,000 people from nine provinces in Ecuador are trained in traceability and EUDR.
Ecuador, 28 January 2026. 82 people have been trained as trainers who, in turn, have replicated the learning among some 1,900 implementers. The latter will receive a certificate enabling them to inform more operators in the cocoa value chain about the requirements and compliance with the EUDR.
"Trainer of Trainers II" trains more than 100 people in Ecuador to adapt the cocoa chain to EUDR
Ecuador, 11 September 2025. On 4 and 5 September, the practical workshop of the second phase of the "Trainer of Trainers" project was held. This workshop reinforced knowledge on EUDR regulations and the use of various support and consultation tools, the Agrocalidad GUIA system, as well as the QField and KoboCollect applications.
Official launching of the second phase of the "Trainer of Trainers" project
Ecuador, 4 July 2025. The second phase of the "Trainer of Trainers" project will contribute to the process of adaptation of the cocoa value chain in the provinces of Guayas, Manabí, Esmeraldas, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo and Orellana to the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products.
Key actors in Ecuador's cocoa value chain receive training on traceability and EUDR
Ecuador, 24 January 2025. Almost one hundred representatives from the public sector, the 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”.
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