Kakao di Tanah Flores - Cocoa in the Land of Flores

Program pengembangan rantai nilai kakao di Flores berlokasi di 3 wilayah yaitu Kabupaten Sikka, Ende dan Nagekeo. Fokus pengembangannya melalui Cocoa Learning Centre sebagai simpul pembelajaran mulai dari pembibitan, budidaya, pasca panen hingga perdagangan, termasuk bagaimana meningkatkan nilai tambah melalui sertifikasi produk. Kelompok sasaran program inclusive economy ini petani baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Program juga menyentuh pengembangan agribusiness lainnya karena secara alami petani kelompok sasaran mengelola lebih dari satu komoditi (multi crops). Mitra pelaksana program Ford Foundation dalam pengembangan kakao adalah Yayasan Sahabat Cipta.

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The cocoa value chain development program in Flores is located in 3 regions namely Sikka, Ende and Nagekeo Regencies. The focus of its development through the Cocoa Learning Center as a learning node starting from nursery, cultivation, post-harvest to trade, including how to increase added value through product certification. The target group of the inclusive economy program is farmers, both men and women. The program also touches on other agribusiness development because naturally the target group farmers manage more than one commodity (multi crops). The implementing partner of the Ford Foundation program in developing cocoa is the Sahabat Cipta Foundation.