THE HAITIAN COCOA MARKET CHAIN :: FACTSHEET

BRIEF OVERVIEW

• The cacao value chain in Haiti is supported by approximately 20,000 cacao micro-producers.
• Total national production has been estimated at 4,450 MTs in 2008.
• Exports in 2008 reached approximately 3800 MTs, primarily marketed by 2 key exporters, Novella and Wiener.
• First major production area : the Northern region including Grande Riviere du Nord, Acul du Nord, Port Margot, Borne (Ti bourg) St-Raphael, Dondon and Milot;
• Second major production area : the Grande-Anse covering Dame-Marie, Chambellan, Anse-d’ Hailnaut, Moron, and Marfranc with Petit Bourg in the north and Dame-Marie.

UNMET MARKET NEEDS, CONSTRAINTS OR OPPORTUNITIES

• Several constraints were discovered in the cacao value chain especially in production and marketing.
• In production, there is prevalent genetic decay because most trees are planted from seeds (F3 and older) and improved clonal grafts from high yielding trees have not gained broad acceptance.
• In marketing, when farmers sell their wet beans to speculators or sell their crops early in the harvesting cycle to access short term financing, cocoa growers have received less than 30 % of the FOB price.

MARKET CHAIN DYNAMICS/STAKEHOLDERS

• Besides the two major exporters and Madame Saras in the distribution channel, the other stakeholders are 11 cooperatives, which have substituted some of the trade functions carried out by over 1,200 voltigeurs (field buying agents.)

MARCHE'S INTERVENTION & STRATEGY

• MarChE will intervene through Field Farmer Schools, applying training lessons learned in ten countries, which will drive the required technological shift.
• ORE, grower cooperatives, and exporters will have the capacity to disseminate these practices beyond project life. Improved post harvest drying (e.g. simple solar drying) will add quality to marketable beans.
• DEED, implemented by DAI, is managing the cacao program in the North, while MarChE, implemented by CNFA, will oversee the Southern program.

VALUE CHAIN SPECIFIC MILESTONES & RESULTS

• Activities within the cacao value chain will allow the farmers more able to compete at the national and international level.
• In the next 6 months, 1,200 cacao growers and exporters would have been trained. In the next 24 months, 4,800 more will have received FFS training. From lessons learned during the training, farmers will have increased production yield by 200% in year (3).

AN ABBREVIATED FINANCIAL TABLE

Year	Training Expenses	Price per metric ton	Volume sold	Est. Revenue*
2010	$197,800	$2,392	4,000	$9,568,000
2011	$174,850	$2,392	5,000	$11,960,000

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