EVENTS

The Cocoa Forest project is soon to come to an end.

16 August 2023

6 years have passed since we started this mad project: bringing together Dominican academics, scientists, NGOs, industrialists, artisans, cooperatives and cocoa producers around the desire to guarantee sustainable cocoa culture, while remaining respectful of the environment and offering not only decent but attractive salaries to cocoa producers.

For the past 6 years you have been able to follow the progress of the work through articles on the website www.relais-deserts.net as well as on the official website cacaoforest.org.

Before we close the project, we would like to share with you our latest achievements and in particular the implementation of the PRACAO programme to ensure the sustainability of the work of the Cocoa Forest.

PRACAO structure

The National Dominican Cocoa Agroforestry Rehabilitation Programme (PRACAO) is national in scope and represents a budget of US $80 million over a period of 12 years in 4 successive stages gradually covering the 4 major cocoa production regions of the country.
Read more:
- Presentation of PRACAO to the Ministry of Agriculture in January and May
- Summary of the Pracao Programme

Our activities with regards to the general public

Cacao Forest is also involved in raising awareness of the Dominican public about the cocoa sector and agroforestry.

Thus, representatives of Cacao Forest participated in the "Juntos somos verde" Festival in June 2023 in Santo Domingo. Once again this year we will participate in the Dominican Chocolate Festival, for its third edition which will take place on August 19 and 27, 2023.

BRIEFLY

Take advantage of the summer to discover the artisanal ice cream of Relais Desserts members.
Exceptional flavours for unforgettable moments of pleasure ….
Find here the list of our members.

The Gambero Rosso Guides here reviewed the "meilleures pâtisseries d'Italie" attributing the maximal note (Three Cakes) à 29 chefs italiens don’t : Andreas Acherer, Luigi Biasetto, Fabrizio Galla, Luca Mannori, Ingino Massari et Roberto Rinaldini. Bravo à eux !

Christelle Brua, former pastry chef of the Pré Catalan and then of the Elysée, elected best pastry chef of the world restaurant in 2018, opened her first chocolate factory on rue du Cherche Midi: Madame Cacao, undeniably a new gourmet address to discover!