Technological innovation and Sustainability

November from 11 to 14, 2012

Luis Eduardo Magalhães’ Convention Center

Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil

Organization

Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira - Ceplac

Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau - CEPEC

Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

Centro Mars de Ciência do Cacau - MCCS

Sponsored by

Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário

Ceplac CAR

Uesc Faeb

Mars Capes

Seagri Nestlé

Sebrae Cargil

CNPq Delfi

Banco do Nordeste Barry Callebaut

Banco do Brasil Empresa Pinhalense

Senar Central do Adubo

Prefeitura de Ilhéus Casa do Japonês

Riachuelo IF- Baiano – Campus Uruçuca

Cacau Show Fapesb

Fertilizantes Heringer Embrapa

JAF Inox Instituto Arapyaú

U ES CU E S CU ES CU E S C

Summary

1. Presentation

2. Goals

3. Justification

4. Organization

5. Participants’ profile

6. Structure

7. Place and time

8. Schedule

1. Presentation

With the destabilization of the economy of Bahia’s cocoa region, caused mainly

by the fall in the cocoa price and exacerbated by the spread of witches' broom, disease

introduced in the state in the 1980s, the cocoa plantations from Bahia declined. The

loss of productivity caused by the disease, associated with low product price in the

international market, contributed to the marked difficulties faced by farmers. During

this period large areas planted with cacao trees were abandoned or used for other

agricultural activities.

In the past decades, most producers who have continued business in cocoa,

lacking resources for investment, implemented little or no technology, transforming

their crops in areas poorly managed and of low productivity. The decrease in

productivity affected all segments of the supply chain of cocoa. However, considering

that cocoa production is an activity involving intensive labor, the rural workers, who no

longer found work in the field, migrated to the cities in the region, increasing poverty

and social problems in these cities.

Additionally, much of the cocoa plantations presents low population densities

(less than 600 plants / hectares) and varieties susceptible to witches' broom. As a

consequence of the lack of implementation of disease control and technologies,

productivity is low and often no more than 400 kg / ha. Despite the efforts of the

Executive Plan of Cocoa Farming (Ceplac) to meet economically viable technological

solutions to control the disease, the current situation is still uncertain. However, the

technological solutions that could enable productivities above 1500 kg / ha are not

applied as they were considered "expensive" and by lack of financial resources for its

implementation.

However, there is a discussion of the use of technologies of low environmental

impact, soil conservation and water resources management, enhancement of plant

and animal diversity would be an alternative for enabling cultivation of cocoa under

the current conditions. However, the adoption of agro ecological management of

plantations of cocoa trees needs skilled people familiarized with the complexity of the

interactions of that agro system. This requirement is complemented with urgent

financial resources intakes study, adaptation and generation of technologies of low

impact and low cost. On the other hand, crops in bustling topography environments

often require intensive use of labour and little mechanization. Thus, the low

mechanization and the lack of labour makes the management of culture, which largely

shaded by trees is also of the Atlantic forest. However, this system, also known as

cocoa cabruca, hardly sustain economically in the medium term, unless public policy

establishing forms that guarantee management and production covering remuneration

for environmental services that farmers, which keeps these areas, rightly deserve.

The expansion of the agricultural frontier in Brazil has been a reality, especially

with fruit and grain. The cultivation of cacao, for climate issues (regular rainfall), has

been limited to the Amazon region and the regions south of Bahia and North of

Espírito Santo. However, there are experiences with successful fertirrigation in

Chapada Diamantina, in the South of Bahia (Tabuleiros Costeiros) and Northern

Espirito Santo where the high cacao achieves productivity in areas considered escapes

for major diseases. The cocoa expansion to non-traditional areas can generate

increased foreign exchange into the country, either by decrease in importation, either

by increasing production, and will enable the Brazil return to the role of cocoa

exporter. In addition, it is a form of social inclusion of poor communities to generate

employment and income.

In the context of technological innovation for the cocoa, the III Brazilian

Congress of Cocoa proposes discussing widely improving cocoa production chain, the

production of cocoa on the aegis of productive conservation and production of cacao

in non-traditional areas of cultivation. It is also proposed to discuss strategies,

technical, financial and institutional policies to support the commercial cultivation of

cacao, through a series of technical goals, economic and political, that should guide the

future of cocoa growing plantation.

2. Goals

Establish itself as a forum for presentation and discussion of:

a) Technologies developed and available for the modernization of the productive

chain of cocoa;

b) identification the hardships and challenges needed to cacao cultivation;

c) Institutional strategies, governmental, private and political to meet the

challenges for the transformations required to cacao growing;

d) exchange of knowledge and experiences among the different stakeholders of

the cocoa agribusiness ;

e) Drafting of a guiding document for public policies concerning the Brazilian cacao

cultivation.

3. Justification

The last time it was held an event of this magnitude for discussion of the main

problems of cacao cultivation was the II Brazilian Congress of Cocoa in 1999. So, after

13 years, is needed to gather all stakeholders of the supply chain of cocoa to update

knowledge and propose new challenges for cacao cultivation. The meeting of

researchers, farmers, educators, students, representatives of the government,

legislators, private agents and mainly cacao farmers in a broad discussion forum favors

the exchange of knowledge and closer relations amongst all participants.

4. Organization

The organization of the III Brazilian Congress of Cocoa will be held by an

Organizing Committee consisting of professionals from the Centre for Cocoa Research

(CEPEC), leading research unit of the Executive Plan of Cocoa Farming (Ceplac), the

State University of Santa Cruz (UESC) and Mars Center for Cocoa Science (MCCS).

Organizing Committee of the III Brazilian Congress of Cocoa

President

Raúl René Meléndez Valle – Ceplac/BA

1º Vice-President Alex-Alan F. de Almeida – Uesc/BA

2º Vice-President Jean-Philippe Marelli – Mars/BA

Scientific Technicians

George Andrade Sodré – Ceplac/BA (coordinator)

Quintino R. Araújo – Ceplac/BA

Célio Kersul Sacramento – Uesc/BA

Lívia Santos Lima Lemos – Ceplac/BA

Executive office

Paulo C. L. Marrocos – Ceplac/BA (coordenador)

Alberti Ferreira Magalhães – Ceplac/BA

José Francisco de Assunção Neto – Mars/BA

Maria das Graças Brito dos Santos – Ceplac/BA

Isabel Cristina S. F. L. Brandão – Ceplac/BA

José Basílio Vieira Leite – Ceplac/BA

Fund-raising

Adonias de Castro Virgens Filho – Ceplac/BA

Agna Almeida Menezes – Uesc/BA

Marketing and Promotion

José Marques Pereira – Ceplac/BA (coordenador)

Antonio Fábio – Uesc/BA

Alberto Lavigne Bichara – Ceplac/BA

Erivaldo Souza - – Ceplac/BA

Eduardo Cesar Almeida Lavinsky – Ceplac/BA

Rogério Mercês Ferreira Santos – Ceplac/BA

Treasury

Lahyre Izaete Silveira Gomes – Ceplac/BA

5. Participants’ profile

The meeting is technical and scientific gathering in which professionals in the field of

biological sciences, agricultural, forestry and environmental, public and private opinion makers

public and private, as well as legislators will participate. These participants are gathered

together in a forum for discussions, assessments and planning studies, public policy and

technical programs conducted by researchers, teachers, students, farmers, government officials

from Brazil and other countries, emphasizing actions for the success of the Brazilian cocoa

cultivation. Are expected between 800 and 1000 participants.

6. Structure

The III Brazilian Congress of Cocoa will be developed on the basis of the following

structure:

Presentation on the first day of themes with interventions focusing the technologies

developed and available for improving cocoa production chain. To do so, will be guest speakers

with expertise in tropical agriculture and/or cultivation of cacao in the various regions of the

country and the world that has adopted technological innovations impact to productivity and the

quality of cocoa.

On the second day will be introduced to participants subjects for reflection with

conferences and lectures focused on identification of difficulties and challenges needed for a

"New Cocoa". To do so, there will be guest speakers with expertise in tropical agriculture

and/or cultivation of cacao in the various regions of the country that has been working to

identify solutions and/or for the modernisation of the bottleneck of the cocoa.

On the third day the focus is for submission of institutional strategies, governmental,

private and political to overcome the challenges that exist in the cocoa production chain. To do

so, there will be guest speakers with expertise in cocoa agribusiness, entrepreneurs, planning

and Agriculture Ministries, Secretaries of State, politicians, representatives of banking

institutions and other agents involved in Brazil’s cocoa agribusiness.

Each day a synthetic overview of the lectures and panels will be presented. Every day,

this summary will be presented by an integrator previously assigned.

Activities will be scheduled emphasizing sociocultural aspects of the arts (music, dance,

paintings, crafts, cuisine, natural resources / ecotourism) in the Brazilian states where cocoa is

cultivated, with emphasis on Bahia.

7. Place and Time

Ilhéus’ Convention Center, Bahia, Brazil (Centro de Convenções Luís Eduardo

Magalhães, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil).

November from 11 to 14, 2012 (11 a 14 de novembro de 2012).

8. Programs

Centro de Convenção Luiz Eduardo Magalhães, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil

Time 11/11 Sunday 3p.m. – 5p.m. Enrollment

7p.m. Opening Ceremony of the Congress

Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Land Development

Minister of the Environment

Governor of the State of Bahia

Secretary of Agriculture of the State of Bahia

Secretary of Industry and Commerce of the State of Bahia

Secretary of Regional Development of the State of Bahia

Secretary of Science and Technology of the State of Bahia

Secretary of Tourism of the State of Bahia

Secretary of the Environment of the State of Bahia

Director of CEPLAC

Dean of UESC

Director of MARS

Director of CAR

Director of Fapesb

Director of ADAB

Director of EBDA

Superintendent of the Banco Nordeste do Brasil

Superintendent of the Banco do Brasil

Superintendent of the Banco Nordeste do Brasil

President of AIPC

President of AMURC

President of APC

Mayor of Ilhéus

Superintendent of Ceplac Bahia

Superintendent of Ceplac Pará

Superintendent of Ceplac Rondônia

Manager of Ceplac at the State of Espírito Santo

Manager of Ceplac at the State of Mato Grosso

Moderator - Raúl René Melendez Valle CEPLAC/BA

8p.m. Conference 1 - Challenges for the Brazilian cacao cultivation José Carlos Vaz

Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply

9p.m. Cocktail party

9.

12/11 Monday

8 – 10:15 a.m. Panel 1 - Intensive Cultivation of Cacao

Moderator – Karina Peres Gramacho CEPLAC/BA

Lecture 1 - A case study Malaysia (45 min) Ramle Kasin

MCB/ Malaysia

Lecture 2 - Estudio de Caso - Ecuador (45 min) Fredy Amores INIAP/ Ecuador

Lecture 3 – Induction of somatic embryogenesis in genotypes

of Theobroma cacao L.: New challenges to the Brazilian cacao cultivation (45 min)

Jean-Philippe Marelli MARS /BA

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Debate

10:45 – 11 a.m. Cocoa Break

Moderator – Stela Dalva Vieira Midlej Silva CEPLAC/BA

11h – 11:45 a.m.

Conference 2 – The Global Cocoa Economy, Sustainable Production to Meet Sustainable Demand (45 + 15 min)

Martin Gilmour MARS /England

11:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Debate

12h – 2 p.am. Lunch

2 – 3 p.am. Panel 2 – Management technology of Cacao

Moderator - Paulo Roberto Siqueira CEPLAC/ES

Lecture 1 – Nutritional Diagnosis of Cocoa (30 min) José Olimpio de Souza Junior

UESC BA

Lecture 2 - Fertirrigation of Cocoa (30 min) Adolfo Freud Pinheiro Moura

Consultor/CE

3 – 3:20 p.am. Debate

3:20– 3:40 p.am. Cocoa Break

3:40 – 5:10 p.am. Panel 3 – Cacao Quality

Moderator - Almir Martins dos Santos CEPLAC/BA

Lecture 1 - Quality Cocoa in Brazil: Current and Perspectives (30 min)

Philippe Bastide CIRAD/FRANCE

Lecture 2 – Certification, Sustainability and Quality-An Interconnected System, Putting Farmers First (30 min)

Edward S. Seguine MARS/USA

Lecture 3 - Cocoa Certification (30 min) Adriana Reis

Instituto Cabruca/APC

5:10– 5:30 p.m. Debate

5:30 – 6 p.am. INTEGRATION 1 - Technological Innovation in Brazilian

Production of Cocoa (30 min)

Adonias de Castro Virgens Filho CEPLAC/BA

10.

13/11 terça-feira

8 – 9:30 a.m. Panel 4 - Evolution of strategies for management of diseases of cacao

Moderator - Edna Dora Martins Newman Luz CEPLAC/BA

Lecture 1 – A case study in the management of witches' broom (30 min)

João Louis Pereira CEPLAC/BA

Lecture 2 – Integrated control of moniliasis based on tolerant varieties (30 min)

Wilbert Phillips-Mora CATIE - Costa Rica

Lecture 3 – Contingency Plan of moniliasis in Brazil (30 min) Cósan de Carvalho Coutinho

MAPA/DSV/SDA

9:30 – 10 a.m. Debate

10 – 10:20 a.m.

Cocoa Break

Moderator - George Andrade Sodré CEPLAC/BA

10:20– 11:05 a.m.

Conference 3 – Genetic Improvement of Cacao - Prospects for the next 20 years (45 min)

Uilson Vanderlei Lopes CEPLAC/BA

11:05 – 11:20 a.m.

Debate

11:20 – 11:50 a.m.

Conference 4 - Potential for Non-Traditional Farming Areas in Brazil (30 min)

José Basílio Vieira Leite CEPLAC/BA

11:50 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Debate

12 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:30 – 2 p.m. Discussion of scientific papers

2 – 3:30 p.m. Panel 5 - technical and financial viability for farming cocoa

Moderator – Caio Márcio Vasconcellos Cordeiro de Almeida CEPLAC/RO

Lecture 1 - Impact of workforce in the present and future of cacao cultivation (30 min)

Gilberto Mascarenhas FGV/RJ

Lecture 2 – Technical and Financial Viability for Cocoa Farming (30 min)

Antonio Cesar Costa Zugaib CEPLAC/BA

Lecture 3 - Estratégias para Aumento da Produtividade do Cacau na Bahia (30 min)

Terence Spencer Baines NESTLÉ/SP

3:30 – 3:50p.m. Debate

3:50 –5:20 p.m. Painel 6 - A cacauicultura como instrumento gerador de ativos e prestador de serviços ambientais

Moderador – Agna Almeida Menezes UESC/BA

Lecture 1 - Sistema Agroflorestal: Cacau (30 min)

Eduardo Somarriba CATIE – COSTA RICA

Lecture 2 – O cacaueiro em sistemas agroecológicos (30 min) Joice Reis

Bacumaxá Ambiental /BA

Lecture 3 – Ativos e serviços ambientais na Mata Atlântica sob o conceito da conservação produtiva (30 min)

Wallace Setenta CNPC/BA

Debate

5:20 – 5:30p.m. Cacau Break

5:30 – 6 p.m. INTEGRAÇÃO 2 - Viabilidade Técnico-financeira e Sócio-ambiental

para a Lavoura de Cacau (30 min) Fernando Mendes

CEPLAC/PA

14/11 quarta-feira

8 – 9:30 a.m. Painel 7 – Pós-colheita e Processamento

Moderador – Quintino Reis de Araujo

Lecture 1 - Mecanização do Beneficiamento e Secagem do Cacau (30 min)

Reymar Coutinho de Andrade Pinhalense Máquinas Agrícolas/SP

Lecture 2 – Tecnologia Nacional para processamento de cacau e chocolate (30 min)

Adriano Sartori Pedroso JAF INOX /SP

Lecture 3 - Aproveitamento integral da produção de cacau (30 min) Raimundo Camelo Mororó

Fazenda Riachuelo/BA

9:30 – 9:50 a.m.

Debate

9:50 – 10:10 a.m.

Cacau Break

10:10 – 11:40 a.m.

Painel 8 - O papel de Instituições públicas para o desenvolvimento da cacauicultura brasileira

Moderador - Durval Libânio Câmara Setorial do Cacau/BA

Lecture 1 - Programa de Desenvolvimento da Cacauicultura (30 min) Manfred Willy Müller

CEPLAC/DF

Lecture 2 - O Cacau e a Agricultura Familiar (30 min) Argileu Martins da Silva

MDA/DF

Lecture 3 - A Ceplac para as Comunidades do Cacau (30 min) Guilherme Galvão

Assoc. dos Produtores de Cacau/BA

11:40 – 12 p.m.

Debate

12 – 1:30 p.m. Almoço

1:30 – 2 p.m. Discussão de trabalhos científicos

2 – 3p.m. Audiência pública sobre a Cacauicultura brasileira

Lídice da Mata Senadora da Republica/BA

3 – 4 p.m. Plenária para elaboração da Carta de Ilhéus – Documento com as conclusões e recomendações do III CBC

Raúl René Melendez Valle CEPLAC/BA

4 – 5 p.m. INTEGRAÇÃO 3 - Reformulação para o Projeto Brasileiro de Produção de Cacau

Jay Wallace da Silva e Mota

CEPLAC/DF

5 – 5:30 p.m. Cerimônia de Encerramento

5:30 – 6 p.m. Cacau Break