future opportunities/developments

The Chocolate Factory project in Peru (check out the Peru portfolio on this site) will need second phase investment in 2023. The amount will be another 1.5 M Euro besides the current 2.3 M Euro currently being invested. This will grow the production to 1500 MT chocolate/licor. The amount of farmers involved in cacao production (organic and Fair trade) will remain around 1.000 but their production volume will go up. Local staff in the factory will grow to 20.

2022: Komnut in Sudan is now finalizing their peanut factory in Khartoum.  The machinery is now being installed and commissioned for production. They want to add a peanut oil line in 2023 and start growing peanuts on 1260 ha in Northern State.

A Dutch chocolate producer is planning on developing a chocolate factory in Uganda in 2023 with local partners. More news to come soon.

We have submitted a plan in 2019 in order to solve the problem for Peruvian farmers regarding surplus of Cadmium in the soil. This is a natural occurance but too much Cadmium poses a problem for the export of cocoa beans.  Until now we did not manage to find funds for this project but we keep trying as long as we need to.