AFRICA

• MADAGASCAR
• TANZANIA

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Akesson’s Bejofo Estate

SAMBIRANO VALLEY, MADAGASCAR

Located in the Sambirano Valley in the North-West of Madagascar, Åkesson’s 2000ha Bejofo Estate has been producing world-famous aromatic cocoa since 1920.

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Tujikomboe Farmers Group

 KYELA DISTRICT, TANZANIA

Tujikomboe Farmers Group, Tanzania provided by TechnoServe.

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CENTRAL AMERICA

• BELIZE
• COSTA RICA
• GUATEMALA
• NICARAGUA

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• MAYA MOUNTAIN CACAO
• BFREE

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Maya Mountain Cacao Ltd. Farmer Network

TOLEDO DISTRICT, BELIZE

Maya Mountain Cacao sources premium cocoa beans from smallholder Belizean farmers for makers of fine chocolate products.

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BFREE Demonstration Cacao Farm, Belize

TOLEDO DISTRICT, BELIZE

Wild uncultivated cacao trees on the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE) nature reserve.

BFREE

Terciopelo Cacao

COTO BRUS, COSTA RICA

Daniel O’Doherty took an interest to restore this family farm in Costa Rica and brought the beans to HCP for evaluation

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• Kampura Farms
• Finca Flores de Miriam
• Finca Nahuatancillo

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Kampura Farms

IZABAL, GUATEMALA

We have converted over 750 hectares of open pastures into forests. In order to create our forests we have planted more than 500,000 trees.

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Finca Flores de Miriam

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla

The farm has 90 hectares of land dedicated to the production of sugar cane, hearts of palm, and 2 hectares of cocoa. These 2 Ha of cocoa cultivation, has 6 different clones of cocoa from which beans are harvested that are used to make an alcoholic cocoa drink called Mil Alas.

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Finca Nahuatancillo

Finca Nahautancillo is located in the municipality of El Tumbador, San Marcos and is owned by Insa Thiele. It was founded in 1880 and extends over 540 Ha, where coffee, macadamia nuts, rubber and cacao are grown. Seventy-two of these hectares boast white bean cacao she calls ‘acriolliados’ awarding the finca first place in the national cocoa of excellence competition in 2017.

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• SAN JOSE DE BOCAY
• LA DALIA AND EL CUA

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San Jose de Bocay

NICARAGUA

The Chuno cacao bean is a single-variety, processed separately from harvest to export to preserve its unique flavor characteristics.

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Municipios de La Dalia and El Cua

DEPARTAMENTO DE JINOTEGA, NICARAGUA

Municipios de La Dalia, El Cua, Bocay departamento de Jinotega, Nicaragua Variety–Nicalizo provided by Ingemann Fine Cocoa

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NORTH AMERICA

• HAWAII

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Hawaii Agriculture Research Center

OAHU, HAWAII

The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center’s Maunawili Substation is an 80-acre farm situated in Maunawili Valley near Kailua, Oahu.

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SOUTH AMERICA

• BOLIVIA
• ECUADOR

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• ALTO BENI
• TRANQUILIDAD

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Alto Beni

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA

Volker Lehmann left his native Germany for Bolivia in 2000. In 2008 he started to work with farmers in Alto Beni to develop a Fine Flavor Cacao Production.

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Tranquilidad Estate

BENI, BOLIVIA

Volker Lehmann left his native Germany for Bolivia in 2000. With farmer family background, he developed the jungle estate “tranquilidad” and a wild harvest collection system.

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• APOVINCES
• ASOANE
• HACIENDA LIMON
• PIEDRA DE PLATA

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APOVINCES

VINCES, ECUADOR

APOVINCES Cooperative, Ecuador Boquerón and Playas de Vinces Communities provided by Julio Cerezo

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ASOANE

​PUERTO QUITO, ECUADOR

ASOANE is an association of 25 producers of artisanal agriculture located in Puerto Quito, Ecuador.

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Hacienda Limon

​LOS RIOS, ECUADOR

Hacienda Limon is located at the foot of the Andes Mountain Range, between endless plantations of cacao and banana. 

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Piedra de Plata

PIEDRA DE PLATA, ECUADOR

Piedra de Plata, Ecuador provided by To’ak

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SOUTHEAST ASIA

• PHILIPPINES
• VIETNAM

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• PUENTESPINA FARMS
• HELEN DE VISTA CHOCO FARM

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Puentespina Farms

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES

Located in Malagos at the foothills of Mt. Talomo, the Puentespinas operate a 24-hectare cacao farm in Malagos.

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Helen de Vista Choco Farm

Monte Vista
Davao de Oro, Philippines 
​Provided by Jacques De Waele
HCP Designee #19
​Designated 2024

Helen Milgar Caintic and her husband of Helen de Vista Choco Farm from Concepcion Monte Vista, Davao de Oro, Philippines purchased the cacao farm from her father-in-law in 2014.

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• PHAM THANH CONG
• VO THANH PHUOC

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Pham Thanh Cong

MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM

Mr. Cong’s farm is in a densely populated and agriculturally developed part of the Mekong Delta.

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VO Thanh Phuoc

Gò Công Tây District,
Tien Giang, Vietnam
​Provided by Marou - Faiseurs de Chocolat
HCP Designee #18
​Designated 2024
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VO Thanh Phuoc and his wife run and manage their farm, which hosts three hundred cacao trees in total. Two hundred of the trees are still standing following a cacao-planting project led by the local government in 2006. Between 2019 and 2022, Marou Chocolate planted and provided an additional one hundred seedlings.

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