International Symposium on Cocoa Research ISCR 2022. Montpellier 5-7, Dec.

Dear Participant,   The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and CIRAD (the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) would like to give you a heartfelt thank you for attending the second edition of the International Symposium on Cocoa Research held on 5,6,7 December 2022 in Montpellier, France.   Undoubtedly, it was and will be remembered as a very successful event thanks to a massive and diverse international audience (over 500 attendees from 40 countries) a variety of core topics and themes discussed, the quality of the presentations delivered by the best experts and the support and contribution of all our sponsors (listed below).   In anticipation of the next International Symposium on Cocoa Research, we look forward to receiving your comments, feedback and recommendations via the following survey: https://www.iscrsymposium.org/survey/    We are pleased to announce that all the oral presentations and Scientific Committee report are now available and can be downloaded from our website (www.iscrsymposium.org). As soon as the proceedings are finalized, you will be notified by email.   All related pictures and videos will also be made available via the ICCO social media platforms (Youtube, Tweet, LinkedIn).   Thank you so much again.   Yours sincerely, Laetitia Aney Sustainable Development Officer ICCO - International Cocoa Organization

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ISCR 2022: El libro de RESUMENES (Faltan tres días)

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INFORMACIÓN GENERALSobre los Organizadores

La Organización Internacional del Cacao (ICCO) es una Organización intergubernamental creada en 1973 bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas, que opera dentro del marco de sucesivos Convenios Internacionales del Cacao.

La Organización cuenta con 51 países Miembros, de los cuales 22 son países exportadores de cacao y 29 son países importadores de cacao. Juntos representan el 92% de las exportaciones mundiales de cacao y el 80% de las importaciones mundiales de cacao.

La ICCO tiene como objetivo promover y apoyar la sostenibilidad económica, social y medioambiental de la cadena de valor del cacao y, en particular, mejorar las condiciones de vida de los cacaocultores. La Organización actúa de centro de conocimientos e información sobre la Economía Cacaotera Mundial; de plataforma de cooperación institucional para fomentar el diálogo entre sus países Miembros así como entre los participantes clave en la cadena de valor del cacao; y de fuente de asistencia técnica para sus países Miembros.

www.icco.org

CIRAD es una organización francesa para la investigación y la cooperación internacional que trabaja para el desarrollo sostenible de las regiones tropicales y mediterráneas.

Trabaja con sus socios en la adquisición de conocimientos y la creación de soluciones, además de en el desarrollo de sistemas agrícolas resistentes para un mundo más sostenible y más inclusivo. Moviliza la ciencia, la innovación y la formación con el fin de lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Pone sus conocimientos a disposición de toda la gama de interesados, desde los productores hasta los responsables de la política pública, con el fin de fomentar la protección de la biodiversidad, las transiciones agroecológicas, la sostenibilidad de los sistemas alimentarios, la salud (de plantas, animales y ecosistemas), el desarrollo de los territorios rurales, y su capacidad de resistir al cambio climático. CIRAD trabaja en más de 50 países en todos los continentes, gracias a la pericia de sus 1.650 empleados, entre los que figuran 1.140 científicos, apoyados por una red global de alrededor de 200 socios. Como tal, apoya las operaciones diplomáticas científicas francesas.

www.cirad.fr

LIBRO DE RESÚMENES

DÍA 3: Simposio Internacional sobre Investigación Cacaotera. Montpellier 2022.

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DAY 3

Dec 7

AUDITORIUM PASTEUR

Parallel session 2 – Sustainable Cocoa and Climate Change: The way forward through Mitigation and Adaptation (Continued)

Climate Smart Cocoa:

8:00 – 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Ebagnerin Jérôme Tondoh – Changes in key soil health indicators in cocoa landscapes around Tene Forest Reserve, Université Nangui Abrogoua
• Andrew James Daymond – A physiological model to quantify impacts of climate change variables on cocoa productivity, University of Reading
• Jean-Michel Harmand – Afforestation of savannah using cocoa agroforestry: impacts on ecosystem services and effects of associated tree species on soil fertility, CIRAD
• Christian Andres– Dynamic agroforestry – a tool for successful smallholder-grown cocoa in times of climate uncertainty, ETH Zurich / Obrobibini Peace Complex
• Johanna Rueegg – Cocoa and by-crop yields in three organic production systems entering mature stage, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
• Evelyne Marise Assi – Perception of climate change and adaptations of cocoa producers in the Divo production area, Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA)
• Antoine Kouamé Kouadio – Fish farming as a way for diversifying sources of income in the cocoa sector in Ivory Coast, APDRA Pisciculture Paysanne

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Social Ecological Interactions and Climate

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Bonna Antoinette Tokou – Accompanying research on strategies for income improvement of farming families and sustainable cocoa production in Côte d’Ivoire” , Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
• Marieke Sassen – Variation in environmental risks from cocoa expansion and intensification in West Africa requires context specific responses, Wageningen University and Research
• Jean Michel Harmand – Path dependency and cocoa landscape dynamics. A Cameroon case study, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
• Renée Brunelle – Implementing agroforestry systems in cocoa production as climate change adaptation methods – Case study from Ivory Coast, SOCODEVI
• Dietmar Stoian – Diversity, resilience and market orientation: A private-sector driven approach to cocoa agroforestry in Ghana, CIFOR-ICRAF
• Sholahuddin Akbar – Analysis of farmers income on various cocoa intercroping patterns in Indonesia, Indonesian, Coffee And Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

AUDITORIUM EINSTEIN

Parallel session 3 – Innovations to support the Cocoa Processing & Market Development (Continued)

Origin, Genetics, Quality and flavour evaluation

8:00 – 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Christina Rohsius – Quality of traded raw cocoa: origin specific variation, correlations of quality determining factors and development of a “cocoa quality system, Rausch Management, Cocoa and Research
• Ban Koffi Louis & Mrs Kassi Dorine – Physical, aromatic and sensory evaluation of cocoa beans developed by agricultural research in Côte d’Ivoire and improvement of harvesting activities and quality of cocoa beans during primary processing activities – Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA)
• Ariza Budi Tunjung Sari – Virgin cocoa butter from modified cocoa bean processing, Indonesian, Coffee And Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI)
• Dolores Ixmucané Alvarado Rupflin – Development of cocoa physical reference samples for training and calibration of sensory evaluation panels: perspectives from a range of food products, Cocoa of Excellence, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
• Fernando Antonio Teixeira Mendes – First sensory map of cocoa almonds in the State of Pará, Brazil, CEPLAC
• Andrew Meter – Relationship between flavour attributes and quality of cocoa liquor samples: developing a machine learning model to generate global quality scores, Cocoa of Excellence, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
• Lisa Ullrich – Decoding the fine flavour properties of dark chocolates, Zurich – University of Applied Sciences

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Cadmium

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Gideon Ramtahal – The effect of soil and foliar Zn and Mn application on the uptake of Cd levels in cacao grown on Cd-rich soils, Cocoa Research Centre
• Erik Smolders – Is chocolate consumption truly enhancing dietary cadmium intake in the general population? A Belgian consumption survey, KU Leuven
• Carlos Alberto Adarme Duran – Ureolytic bacteria that induce carbonate precipitation from cocoa farms in Santander, Colombia: cadmium distribution, isolation and application of rhizobacteria, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Francisco Miguel Menendez-Burns – Metal Transporters involved in Cd uptake and distribution in cacao: gene function, evolution, and expression, Penn State University
• Eduardo Francisco Chavez – Agronomic countermeasures for reducing cadmium (Cd) uptake in cacao plantations in Ecuador, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL)
• Caleb Lewis – Understanding cadmium accumulation in cacao and its implications for developing tools for mitigation of cadmium in cocoa beans, Cocoa Research Centre and Department of Life Sciences

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

AUDITORIUM PASTEUR – Plenary Session

Gold Sponsor 3

14:00 – 15:30 Presentation of session reports

15:30 – 16:30 Discussions

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 – 18:00 Closing Remarks of the 2nd ICSR, suggestions for the next ISCR

DAY 1                                           DAY 2

DÍA 2: Simposio Internacional sobre Investigación Cacaotera. Montpellier 2022.

 

DAY 2

AUDITORIUM PASTEUR

Parallel session 1 – Cocoa Cultivation: Innovative Approaches and Practices for Sustainable Production (Continued)

Pest and disease

8:00 – 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Jacqueline Mary Barnett – Development of immunoassays to detect Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus, University of West of England,
• Marcos Javier Ramos Chera – A novel method for estimating pest and diseases related yield loss in cacao pods in the Peruvian Amazonia, CIRAD
• Régis Babin – The « BarCo » project: for the promotion of barrier crops to curb the expansion of the Cocoa swollen shoot virus in Côte d’Ivoire, CIRAD
• Dr. Uilson Vanderlei Lopes – Preventive development and testing of clones resistant to Frosty Pod Rot in Brazil, Cacao Research Center (CEPEC/CEPLAC)
• Mónica Arias – Several enemies at the same time: interaction between two cocoa pod diseases and a cocoa pod borer and their impact in Peruvian agroforestry systems, CIRAD, INRAE
• Lina Tennhardt – How does labour availability influence pesticide use on cocoa farms?, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
• Ade Rosmana – Composted plant residue amendments in integration with Trichoderma asperellum suppresses above-ground diseases and improves the growth of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), Hasanuddin University

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Good Agricultural practices

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Kam Rigne Laossi – Impact of pruning intensities on cocoa tree productivity, pest (mirids) and disease (black pod disease) infestations on farmer field trials in Côte d’Ivoire, ofi
• Stéphane N’Dah Konan – DEXiCacao: a new tool to assess the overall sustainability of cocoa-based cropping systems, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
• Luis Orozco Aguilar – The MOCCA project – Cocoa pod survivorship curves to improve yield forecasting method, Lutheran World Relief
• Arun Kumar Pratihast – Digital tools and Ontology: A collaborative pathway for managing & sharing cocoa data, Wageningen University and Research
• Tatiana Inés Restrepo Quiroz – Development of new cacao elite cultivars for the sustainability and competitiveness of the supply chain in Colombia, Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A.S
• Abigail Tettey – An overview of the potential of regenerative agriculture in cocoa production, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Celine Diaz – Effectiveness of biostimulants as a sustainable solution for improving production of cocoa trees in Ecuador: enhancing flowering and fruit setting to improve final number of pods, weight and yield by tree, Agritecno Fertilizantes S.L.

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

Botany/Genetics, breeding

14:00 – 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Renaud Boulanger – Genetic bases of fruity and flora aroma of the Nacional cocoa variety, CIRAD
• Christian Cilas – How many years of evaluation are needed to select new productive cocoa clones?, CIRAD
• David Guest – Mapping candidate genes for resistance to Vascular-streak dieback disease of cocoa, University of Sydney
• Boguinard Sahin Honorine Brigitte Guiraud – Breeding of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) genotypes tolerant/resistant to cocoa swollen shoot virus (CSSVs) in cocoa orchards infected by the disease in Côte d’Ivoire, CNRA
• Claire Lanaud – Past domestication of T. cacao in Central and Latin America revealed by paleogenomics and analysis of methylxanthines, CIRAD
• Ramesh S.V. – Transcriptomic response of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) genotypes to water-deficit stress: Implications for drought tolerance, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
• Evelyn Kulesza – Unwrapping the Chocolate Transcriptome: The gene expression atlas of the tropical crop Theobroma cacao, Penn State University

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:10 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Catalina Maria Ramis – Genetic origin of Venezuelan cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), Universidad Central de Venezuela
• Yves-Laurent Brou Assoua – Drone-based estimation of trees biophysical parameters in complex cocoa-based agroforestry systems, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

17:10 – 18:00 POSTER SESSION – Click here to see poster presenters

AUDITORIUM EINSTEIN

Parallel session 2 – Sustainable Cocoa and Climate Change: The way forward through Mitigation and Adaptation

Overview and Intro

8:00 – 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Speaker Session 2: Rolando Cerda, Researcher and professor in the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
Questions

• Wiebke Niether – The contribution of cocoa agroforestry on yields, soil, pests, biodiversity and climate change: a multi-dimensional meta-analysis, University of Giessen
• Fiona Lahive – The importance of empirical data in accounting for the long-term and interactive effects of climate change on cocoa, University of Reading.
• Alina Gainsay-Bogdan –Towards a climate-smart dynamic cocoa cropping calendar?, Climate42
• Maja Slingerland – Using the Cool Farm Tool and Perennial crop model used to benchmark the climate change mitigation potential of cocoa systems, Wageningen University and Research

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Physiology of cocoa and climate

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Sandrine Okayo Minakou – Leaf density, adult vegetative vigor and flushing intensity as relevant criteria for evaluating drought resistance of cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao L.), CNRA.
• Bénédicte Rhoné – Deciphering the genetic basis of adaptation to environment in T. cacao using resequenced genome, CIRAD
• Julian Fernando Mateus-Rodriguez – Combined effects of elevated [CO2] and increased temperatures on cacao reproductive development, University of Reading
• Dominique Dessauw – Agronomic and economic performances of improved cacao clones under different agro-ecological conditions in Costa Rica, CATIE/CIRAD
• Surja Chakrabarti – Exploiting the cocoa genetic variation for flowering time and pod development period for climate adaptation: relationship to selected yield components, Cocoa Research Centre, The University of The West Indies
• Antonio Jesús Ariza Salamanca – Vulnerability of cocoa-based agroforestry systems to climate change in West Africa, University of Cordoba
• Viviana Ceccarelli – Climate change impact on cultivated and wild cacao in Peru and the search for climate change tolerant propagation material, Bioversity International

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

Parallel session 3 – Innovations to support the cocoa processing & market development

Cocoa by-products

14:40 – 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Speaker Session 3: To be confirmed
Questions

• Alexandre Bellion – Juicy beans: an integrated concept towards cocoa pulp use and living income, independent consultant in chocolate & cacao
• Thomas Bickel Haase – Influence of origin and thermal processing on the aroma quality of cocoa fruit pulp for it use as a food Ingredient, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV
• Simeon Deo Hannes Human – Consumer perceptions of the circular economy and the Ivorian cocoa value chain, Royal Agricultural University
• Rob Lubberink – Collaborative business models for cocoa by-products: how do Innovation Alliance learn and innovate? Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences / School of International Business 

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee-break

Digital tools

16:30 – 17:10 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Martin Notaro – Characterisation of the digital divide and assessment of the impact of the use and non-use of digital tools in the Ivorian cocoa sector, CIRAD
• Neil Slettehaugh – Applying computer vision to cocoa bean cut test images: towards an efficient and accessible tool for evaluating physical quality Cocoa of Excellence, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

17:10 – 18:00 POSTER SESSION – Click to see poster presenters Session 2 – Session 3

19:00  Gala Dinner at the Domaine des Grands Chais (All participants have to register prior to the event – buy your ticket HERE)

DÍA 1                                   DIA 3

DÍA 1: Simposio Internacional sobre Investigación Cacaotera. Montpellier 2022.

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Montpellier 4-7 Dec 2022.

DAY 1

8:00 – 9:00 Inscripción

OPENING CEREMONY (Inaugural session)

9:00 – 10:00 Discursos de bienvenida:

• Introduction by Master(s) of Ceremony, Mr. Martijn ten Hoopen
• A representative of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs  (TBC)
• Alcalde u otro Representante del Ayuntamiento de Montpellier
• Michel Arrion – Executive Director (ICCO)
• Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin - Presidenta y Directora General (CEO) - CIRAD
• Representante de MUSE (Université de Montpellier d’Excellence)

Platinum/Gold Sponsor 1

Symposium Keynote Speaker – Juan Lucas Restrepo – Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

11:00 – 11:30 Pausa para café

AUDITORIUM PASTEUR – Plenary session

Session 1 – Cocoa Cultivation: Innovative Approaches and Practices for Sustainable Production

Gold Sponsor 2

Farmer living incomes

11:30 –12:40 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Christopher L. Gilbert – The impact on farmers of the cocoa Living Income Differential, SAIS Europe, Johns Hopkins University
• Yuca Rosalinde Waarts – How to achieve a living income for different types of cocoa and coffee farming families?, Wageningen University and Research
• Ludovic Temple – Sustainable competitiveness of the cocoa sector in Ecuador: issues of integrated socio-ecological governance, CIRAD
• Maja Slingerland – Standardization of Living Income benchmarking and knowledge gaps in farmer income assessment in cocoa farming. How to proceed?, Wageningen University and Research
• Hammond Mensah – Service delivery models in the West African cocoa sector: is a smart mix able to close the income gap for cocoa farmers in a responsible and sustainable manner?, Solidaridad

Questions

12:40 –14:00 Almuerzo

Soil fertility & fertilizers

14:00 – 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Rich Kofi Kofituo – Processes for knowledge transfer and related efficiencies: A case of the CocoaSoils, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Lotte Suzanne Woittiez – The CocoaSoils nutrient offtake model: preliminary results from on-farm trials, Wageningen University and Research
• Thomas Fungenzi – Evaluating long term soil organic matter dynamics of cocoa farms in Indonesia, Cranfield University
• Deo-Gratias J. M. Hougni – The role of litter decomposition in nutrient cycling in cocoa, Wageningen University and Research

Questions

• Ekatherina Vasquez – Innovative data collection in collaborative cocoa fertilizer trials, Wageningen University and Research
• Leonard Rusinamhodzi – A stepwise approach to achieve the best agronomic management practices and sustainable fertilizer use in West African cocoa production, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Joost van Heerwaarden – Multi-locational nutrient response trials for the development of cocoa fertilizer recommendations, Wageningen University and Research

Questions

16:00 – 16:30 Pausa para café

Keynote Speaker Session 1: Teja Tscharntke, Professor of Agroecology at the University of Göttingen, Germany
Questions

17:10 – 18:00 POSTER SESSION 

DAY 2                                             DAY 3

Cacao de Oro Latinoamericano 2022, es peruano.

Fuente: Infomercado.pe

ACTUALIDAD

Perú se lleva el Cacao de Oro Latinoamericano 2022

Perú se llevó tres de los cinco premios del concurso y se consagró como el país con el mejor cacao de Latinoamérica. Aquí los detalles.

El cacao de la Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios Valle Nazangaro del Vizcatán del Ene – VRAEM, Junín ganó el galardón del Cacao de Oro como el mejor chocolate de Latinoamérica en el Concurso Cacao de Oro Latinoamérica 2022.

En la final del último viernes 28 de octubre, Perú se llevó tres de los cinco premios del concurso. Este evento es organizado por la Asociación Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Pequeños Productores de Cacao (ALCACAO) e instituciones nacionales e internacionales. El certamen se realizó en el Salon Du Chocolat – Paris 2022.

El objetivo de este evento es de reconocer su genética, biodiversidad, sabores y aromas únicos del Cacao; promoviendo así la calidad y la diversidad.

Asimismo, reconocer el legado de los productores quienes luchan por tener un cacao superior.

Organizaciones ganadores del Cacao de Oro Latinoamericano 2022

Cacao de Oro – Perú

• Asociación de productores agropecuarios Valle Nazangaro de Vizcatan del Ene – Vraem (Junín)

Cacao de Plata – Perú

• Productores de cacao chuncho Echarati (Cusco)

Cacao de Bronce – Colombia

• ASOPALMIRA – Asociación de pequeños productores del alto mira de Tumaco Colombia

Cuarto puesto – Colombia

• Asofrud – Asociación de fruticultores del Dorado Departamento del Meta Colombia

Quinto puesto – Perú

• Appagrop Platanal Bajo – Cooperativa Agraria Norandino (Piura)