SYMPOSIUM REPORT AND PRESENTATIONS

Below you will find the report and all the presentations (oral and posters) made during the 2nd International Symposium on Cocoa Research held from December 5 to 7, 2022 in Montpellier, France.

SYMPOSIUM REPORT

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ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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8:00 – 9:00 Inscripción

OPENING CEREMONY (Inaugural session)

9:00 – 10:00 Welcome speeches

GOLD SPONSOR – OFI
“Cocoa agroforestry at ofi: An opportunity for ecologically, economically and socially resilient landscapes”
Dr Léonie Bonnehin-Verrier, West Africa Cocoa Agroforestry Head

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 – BAYER
“Maoyé, a Bayer initiative for a certified cocoa”
Aaron Tepperman, Global Partnerships Senior Manager, Value Chain Development
Bayer West-Central Africa Video

Farmer living incomes

11:30 –12:40 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Questions

12:40 –14:00 Almuerzo

Soil fertility & fertilizers

14:00 – 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Questions

Questions

16:00 – 17:10 Pausa para café

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

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

Pest and disease

8:00 – 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Good Agricultural practices

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

Botany/Genetics, breeding

14:00 – 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 17:10 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Physiology of cocoa and climate

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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: Andrea Doucet Donida – Cacao Barry Global Brand Leader

Questions

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee-break

Digital tools

16:30 – 17:10 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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

19:00  Cena de Gala en el Domaine des Grands Chais 

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

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Social Ecological Interactions and Climate

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

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

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

Cadmium

10:30 – 12:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break

AUDITORIUM PASTEUR – Plenary Session
GOLD SPONSOR  – AFREXIMBANK
“Opportunities for Shared Services in the Cocoa Value Chain”
Kingsley Mbah – Senior Manager, Advisory and Capital Market 

14:00 – 15:30 Presentación de informes de sesiones

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

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

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