Belize

Belize

Profile

Cocoa is cultivated in the following areas: Toledo District and Stann Creek District, Southern Belize
Area under cocoa (only) cultivation - (active cultivation) approximately 1500 - 2000 acres, with 600 acres inter-cropped. Inactive acreage: 500. Average yield per acre varies widely.

Stakeholders

1. BFREE

2. Corridgeree Belize

Downloads

Belize_Cacao_Agroforestry_Handbook - click the link to open the Trello card and view/download the pdf attached. The 70-page manual is filled with illustrations and simple descriptions intended to guide farmers through the basics of land preparation, nursery management, planting, maintenance, harvest and post-harvest. The ‘Resource,’ section of the Handbook includes checklists, management schedules, and cultivation records, to help farmers track their farm activity and keep on schedule throughout the year.

Chocolate companies

1. Cotton Tree Chocolate Company LTD

2. Belize Chocolate Company

3. Goss Chocolate

4. Belyzium Cacao (@belyzium_cacao): BELYZIUM is a tree-to-bar Artisan Chocolate manufacturer operating in Belize, California and Germany.

5. Ixcacao Chocolate

6. Che’il Maya Cacao

7. Mahogany Chocolate

8. Eladio Chocolate

9. Ajaw Chocolate

10. Lamanai Chocolate

11. Akte Ilha

12. Kakaw Chocolate

13. Moho Chocolate

Tourist attractions

• Cotton Tree Chocolate

• Che’il Mayan Cacao

• Ixcacao Chocolate

• Cacao Museum

• Lamanai Chocolate

• Akte Ilha

• Eladio’s Chocolate Adventure

• Chub’s Family Farm

• Chiquin’s Family Farm

• Maya Immersion Homestay

• Ecotourism Belize

Trade shows/ conferences/events featuring cacao and chocolate

• Toledo Chocolate Festival

• Lobster Festival

• Mango Festival

• Agricultural Festival

• Ya’axche Farmer’s Expo

• Cacao Fest of San Ignacio

• Yellow Ginger Festival

• Cashew Festival

Support for cocoa stakeholders (Project, programmes and initiatives for the cacao industry)

• Bladen Branch Nursery (a BFREE initiative, in collaboration with the Gomez family)

• Ya’axche Conservation Trust - Cacao Agroforestry

• Belize Foundation for Research & Environemtnatl Education – Belize Cacao-based Agroforestry Restoration Project (BCARP)

• Na’Lu’Um’s Institutes Extension Services

Investment support for cocoa

• Development Finance Corporation Belize

• Ya’axche Project Grants

• Limited private capital

• Belize Cacao and Agroforestry Forum 2017 (BFREE led)

• https://www.worldcocoafoundation.org/blog/belize-combining-the-best-of-caribbean-and-central-american-cocoa/

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