Episode 6 - Cacao cultivation

In order to grow great cacao, the cocoa tree needs perfect care in all aspects of its culture: not only when it comes to selecting the soil and plantation, but also during its growth.
For farmers, it is key to understand and optimize the trees' life cycle.

  • Tiara Setaidi
    Farmers... they have to treat the soil, right from the beginning. Just like when you’re growing a fish. One of the things you have to take care of is the water, but most people don’t care about the soil when they’re growing plants. Tiara Setaidi - Intergreen cocoa plantation owner - Bandung, Java, Indonesia
  • Manuel Valenzuela - Cholula Cacao Plantation Owner - Tabasco, Mexico
    The growing of cocoa is a polyculture. We always have cocoa as the flagship product, but next to it, we have timber wood. Manuel Valenzuela - Cholula Cacao Plantation Owner - Tabasco, Mexico
  • Tiara Setaidi - Intergreen cocoa plantation owner - Bandung, Java, Indonesia
    The productive life cycle of the cocoa plant is about 25-30 years. But then [...] instead of chopping the trees down, you can actually do engineering on it. Tiara Setaidi - Intergreen cocoa plantation owner - Bandung, Java, Indonesia

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