Technological innovation and Sustainability
November from 11 to 14, 2012
Luis Eduardo Magalhães’ Convention Center
Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil
Organization
Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira - Ceplac
Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau - CEPEC
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
U EES
SC
Centro Mars de Ciência do Cacau - MCCS
Sponsored by
Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária
Ceplac
Uesc
Mars
Seagri
Sebrae
CNPq
Banco do Nordeste
Banco do Brasil
Senar
Prefeitura de Ilhéus
Riachuelo
Cacau Show
Fertilizantes Heringer
JAF Inox
Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário
CAR
Faeb
Capes
Nestlé
Cargil
Delfi
Barry Callebaut
Empresa Pinhalense
Central do Adubo
Casa do Japonês
IF- Baiano – Campus Uruçuca
Fapesb
Embrapa
Instituto Arapyaú
Summary
1. Presentation
2. Goals
3. Justification
4. Organization
5. Participants’ profile
6. Structure
7. Place and time
8. Schedule
1. Presentation
With the destabilization of the economy of Bahia’s cocoa region, caused mainly
by the fall in the cocoa price and exacerbated by the spread of witches' broom, disease
introduced in the state in the 1980s, the cocoa plantations from Bahia declined. The
loss of productivity caused by the disease, associated with low product price in the
international market, contributed to the marked difficulties faced by farmers. During
this period large areas planted with cacao trees were abandoned or used for other
agricultural activities.
In the past decades, most producers who have continued business in cocoa,
lacking resources for investment, implemented little or no technology, transforming
their crops in areas poorly managed and of low productivity. The decrease in
productivity affected all segments of the supply chain of cocoa. However, considering
that cocoa production is an activity involving intensive labor, the rural workers, who no
longer found work in the field, migrated to the cities in the region, increasing poverty
and social problems in these cities.
Additionally, much of the cocoa plantations presents low population densities
(less than 600 plants / hectares) and varieties susceptible to witches' broom. As a
consequence of the lack of implementation of disease control and technologies,
productivity is low and often no more than 400 kg / ha. Despite the efforts of the
Executive Plan of Cocoa Farming (Ceplac) to meet economically viable technological
solutions to control the disease, the current situation is still uncertain. However, the
technological solutions that could enable productivities above 1500 kg / ha are not
applied as they were considered "expensive" and by lack of financial resources for its
implementation.
However, there is a discussion of the use of technologies of low environmental
impact, soil conservation and water resources management, enhancement of plant
and animal diversity would be an alternative for enabling cultivation of cocoa under
the current conditions. However, the adoption of agro ecological management of
plantations of cocoa trees needs skilled people familiarized with the complexity of the
interactions of that agro system. This requirement is complemented with urgent
financial resources intakes study, adaptation and generation of technologies of low
impact and low cost. On the other hand, crops in bustling topography environments
often require intensive use of labour and little mechanization. Thus, the low
mechanization and the lack of labour makes the management of culture, which largely
shaded by trees is also of the Atlantic forest. However, this system, also known as
cocoa cabruca, hardly sustain economically in the medium term, unless public policy
establishing forms that guarantee management and production covering remuneration
for environmental services that farmers, which keeps these areas, rightly deserve.
The expansion of the agricultural frontier in Brazil has been a reality, especially
with fruit and grain. The cultivation of cacao, for climate issues (regular rainfall), has
been limited to the Amazon region and the regions south of Bahia and North of
Espírito Santo. However, there are experiences with successful fertirrigation in
Chapada Diamantina, in the South of Bahia (Tabuleiros Costeiros) and Northern
Espirito Santo where the high cacao achieves productivity in areas considered escapes
for major diseases. The cocoa expansion to non-traditional areas can generate
increased foreign exchange into the country, either by decrease in importation, either
by increasing production, and will enable the Brazil return to the role of cocoa
exporter. In addition, it is a form of social inclusion of poor communities to generate
employment and income.
In the context of technological innovation for the cocoa, the III Brazilian
Congress of Cocoa proposes discussing widely improving cocoa production chain, the
production of cocoa on the aegis of productive conservation and production of cacao
in non-traditional areas of cultivation. It is also proposed to discuss strategies,
technical, financial and institutional policies to support the commercial cultivation of
cacao, through a series of technical goals, economic and political, that should guide the
future of cocoa growing plantation.
2. Goals
Establish itself as a forum for presentation and discussion of:
a) Technologies developed and available for the modernization of the productive
chain of cocoa;
b) identification the hardships and challenges needed to cacao cultivation;
c) Institutional strategies, governmental, private and political to meet the
challenges for the transformations required to cacao growing;
d) exchange of knowledge and experiences among the different stakeholders of
the cocoa agribusiness ;
e) Drafting of a guiding document for public policies concerning the Brazilian cacao
cultivation.
3. Justification
The last time it was held an event of this magnitude for discussion of the main
problems of cacao cultivation was the II Brazilian Congress of Cocoa in 1999. So, after
13 years, is needed to gather all stakeholders of the supply chain of cocoa to update
knowledge and propose new challenges for cacao cultivation. The meeting of
researchers, farmers, educators, students, representatives of the government,
legislators, private agents and mainly cacao farmers in a broad discussion forum favors
the exchange of knowledge and closer relations amongst all participants.
4. Organization
The organization of the III Brazilian Congress of Cocoa will be held by an
Organizing Committee consisting of professionals from the Centre for Cocoa Research
(CEPEC), leading research unit of the Executive Plan of Cocoa Farming (Ceplac), the
State University of Santa Cruz (UESC) and Mars Center for Cocoa Science (MCCS).
Organizing Committee of the III Brazilian Congress of Cocoa
President
1º Vice-President
2º Vice-President
Scientific Technicians
Raúl René Meléndez Valle – Ceplac/BA
Alex-Alan F. de Almeida – Uesc/BA
Jean-Philippe Marelli – Mars/BA
George Andrade Sodré – Ceplac/BA (coordinator)
Quintino R. Araújo – Ceplac/BA
Célio Kersul Sacramento – Uesc/BA
Lívia Santos Lima Lemos – Ceplac/BA
Executive office
Paulo C. L. Marrocos – Ceplac/BA (coordenador)
Alberti Ferreira Magalhães – Ceplac/BA
José Francisco de Assunção Neto – Mars/BA
Maria das Graças Brito dos Santos – Ceplac/BA
Isabel Cristina S. F. L. Brandão – Ceplac/BA
José Basílio Vieira Leite – Ceplac/BA
Fund-raising
Marketing and Promotion
Adonias de Castro Virgens Filho – Ceplac/BA
Agna Almeida Menezes – Uesc/BA
José Marques Pereira – Ceplac/BA (coordenador)
Antonio Fábio – Uesc/BA
Alberto Lavigne Bichara – Ceplac/BA
Erivaldo Souza - – Ceplac/BA
Eduardo Cesar Almeida Lavinsky – Ceplac/BA
Rogério Mercês Ferreira Santos – Ceplac/BA
Treasury
Lahyre Izaete Silveira Gomes – Ceplac/BA
5. Participants’ profile
The meeting is technical and scientific gathering in which professionals in the field of
biological sciences, agricultural, forestry and environmental, public and private opinion makers
public and private, as well as legislators will participate. These participants are gathered
together in a forum for discussions, assessments and planning studies, public policy and
technical programs conducted by researchers, teachers, students, farmers, government officials
from Brazil and other countries, emphasizing actions for the success of the Brazilian cocoa
cultivation. Are expected between 800 and 1000 participants.
6. Structure
The III Brazilian Congress of Cocoa will be developed on the basis of the following
structure:
Presentation on the first day of themes with interventions focusing the technologies
developed and available for improving cocoa production chain. To do so, will be guest speakers
with expertise in tropical agriculture and/or cultivation of cacao in the various regions of the
country and the world that has adopted technological innovations impact to productivity and the
quality of cocoa.
On the second day will be introduced to participants subjects for reflection with
conferences and lectures focused on identification of difficulties and challenges needed for a
"New Cocoa". To do so, there will be guest speakers with expertise in tropical agriculture
and/or cultivation of cacao in the various regions of the country that has been working to
identify solutions and/or for the modernisation of the bottleneck of the cocoa.
On the third day the focus is for submission of institutional strategies, governmental,
private and political to overcome the challenges that exist in the cocoa production chain. To do
so, there will be guest speakers with expertise in cocoa agribusiness, entrepreneurs, planning
and Agriculture Ministries, Secretaries of State, politicians, representatives of banking
institutions and other agents involved in Brazil’s cocoa agribusiness.
Each day a synthetic overview of the lectures and panels will be presented. Every day,
this summary will be presented by an integrator previously assigned.
Activities will be scheduled emphasizing sociocultural aspects of the arts (music, dance,
paintings, crafts, cuisine, natural resources / ecotourism) in the Brazilian states where cocoa is
cultivated, with emphasis on Bahia.
7.
Place and Time
Ilhéus’ Convention Center, Bahia, Brazil (Centro de Convenções Luís Eduardo
Magalhães, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil).
November from 11 to 14, 2012 (11 a 14 de novembro de 2012).
8.
Programs
Centro de Convenção Luiz Eduardo Magalhães, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil
Time
3p.m. – 5p.m.
7p.m.
11/11 Sunday
Enrollment
Opening Ceremony of the Congress
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Land Development
Minister of the Environment
Governor of the State of Bahia
Secretary of Agriculture of the State of Bahia
Secretary of Industry and Commerce of the State of Bahia
Secretary of Regional Development of the State of Bahia
Secretary of Science and Technology of the State of Bahia
Secretary of Tourism of the State of Bahia
Secretary of the Environment of the State of Bahia
Director of CEPLAC
Dean of UESC
Director of MARS
Director of CAR
Director of Fapesb
Director of ADAB
Director of EBDA
Superintendent of the Banco Nordeste do Brasil
Superintendent of the Banco do Brasil
Superintendent of the Banco Nordeste do Brasil
President of AIPC
President of AMURC
President of APC
Mayor of Ilhéus
Superintendent of Ceplac Bahia
Superintendent of Ceplac Pará
Superintendent of Ceplac Rondônia
Manager of Ceplac at the State of Espírito Santo
Manager of Ceplac at the State of Mato Grosso
Moderator - Raúl René Melendez Valle
8p.m.
Conference 1 - Challenges for the Brazilian cacao cultivation
9p.m.
Cocktail party
CEPLAC/BA
José Carlos Vaz
Executive Secretary of the Ministry
of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply
9.
12/11 Monday
8 – 10:15 a.m.
Panel 1 - Intensive Cultivation of Cacao
Moderator – Karina Peres Gramacho
CEPLAC/BA
Ramle Kasin
MCB/ Malaysia
Fredy Amores
INIAP/ Ecuador
Jean-Philippe Marelli
MARS /BA
Lecture 1 - A case study Malaysia (45 min)
Lecture 2 - Estudio de Caso - Ecuador (45 min)
Lecture 3 – Induction of somatic embryogenesis in genotypes
of Theobroma cacao L.: New challenges to the
Brazilian cacao cultivation (45 min)
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Debate
10:45 – 11 a.m.
Cocoa Break
Moderator – Stela Dalva Vieira Midlej Silva
11h – 11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m. – 12
p.m.
12h – 2 p.am.
Conference 2 – The Global Cocoa Economy, Sustainable
Production to Meet Sustainable Demand (45 +
15 min)
Lunch
Panel 2 – Management technology of Cacao
Moderator - Paulo Roberto Siqueira
CEPLAC/ES
Lecture 1 – Nutritional Diagnosis of Cocoa (30 min)
Lecture 2 - Fertirrigation of Cocoa (30 min)
José Olimpio de Souza Junior
UESC BA
Adolfo Freud Pinheiro Moura
Consultor/CE
Debate
Cocoa Break
Panel 3 – Cacao Quality
3:40 – 5:10 p.am.
Moderator - Almir Martins dos Santos
Lecture 1 - Quality Cocoa in Brazil: Current and Perspectives
(30 min)
Lecture 2 – Certification, Sustainability and Quality-An
Interconnected System, Putting Farmers First (30 min)
Lecture 3 - Cocoa Certification (30 min)
5:10– 5:30 p.m.
5:30 – 6 p.am.
Martin Gilmour
MARS /England
Debate
2 – 3 p.am.
3 – 3:20 p.am.
3:20– 3:40 p.am.
CEPLAC/BA
CEPLAC/BA
Philippe Bastide
CIRAD/FRANCE
Edward S. Seguine
MARS/USA
Adriana Reis
Instituto Cabruca/APC
Debate
INTEGRATION 1 - Technological Innovation in Brazilian
Production of Cocoa (30 min)
Adonias de Castro Virgens Filho
CEPLAC/BA
10.
13/11 terça-feira
8 – 9:30 a.m.
Panel 4 - Evolution of strategies for management of diseases of
cacao
Moderator - Edna Dora Martins Newman Luz
Lecture 1 – A case study in the management of witches' broom
(30 min)
Lecture 2 – Integrated control of moniliasis based on tolerant
varieties (30 min)
Lecture 3 – Contingency Plan of moniliasis in Brazil (30 min)
9:30 – 10 a.m.
10 – 10:20
a.m.
CEPLAC/BA
João Louis Pereira
CEPLAC/BA
Wilbert Phillips-Mora
CATIE - Costa Rica
Cósan de Carvalho Coutinho
MAPA/DSV/SDA
Debate
Cocoa Break
Moderator - George Andrade Sodré
10:20– 11:05
a.m.
11:05 – 11:20
a.m.
11:20 – 11:50
a.m.
11:50 a.m. – 12
p.m.
12 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 2 p.m.
2 – 3:30 p.m.
Conference 3 – Genetic Improvement of Cacao - Prospects for the
next 20 years (45 min)
CEPLAC/BA
Uilson Vanderlei Lopes
CEPLAC/BA
Debate
Conference 4 - Potential for Non-Traditional Farming Areas in
Brazil (30 min)
José Basílio Vieira Leite
CEPLAC/BA
Debate
Lunch Break
Discussion of scientific papers
Panel 5 - technical and financial viability for farming cocoa
Moderator – Caio Márcio Vasconcellos Cordeiro de Almeida
CEPLAC/RO
Lecture 1 - Impact of workforce in the present and future of cacao
cultivation (30 min)
Gilberto Mascarenhas
FGV/RJ
Lecture 2 – Technical and Financial Viability for Cocoa Farming (30
min)
Antonio Cesar Costa Zugaib
CEPLAC/BA
Lecture 3 - Estratégias para Aumento da Produtividade do Cacau
Terence Spencer Baines
na Bahia (30 min)
NESTLÉ/SP
3:30 – 3:50p.m. Debate
Painel 6 - A cacauicultura como instrumento gerador de ativos e prestador de serviços ambientais
3:50 –5:20 p.m.
Moderador – Agna Almeida Menezes
Lecture 1 - Sistema Agroflorestal: Cacau (30 min)
Lecture 2 – O cacaueiro em sistemas agroecológicos (30 min)
Lecture 3 – Ativos e serviços ambientais na Mata Atlântica sob o
conceito da conservação produtiva (30 min)
Debate
5:20 – 5:30p.m. Cacau Break
5:30 – 6 p.m.
INTEGRAÇÃO 2 - Viabilidade Técnico-financeira e Sócio-ambiental
para a Lavoura de Cacau (30 min)
UESC/BA
Eduardo Somarriba
CATIE – COSTA RICA
Joice Reis
Bacumaxá Ambiental /BA
Wallace Setenta
CNPC/BA
Fernando Mendes
CEPLAC/PA
14/11 quarta-feira
8 – 9:30 a.m.
Painel 7 – Pós-colheita e Processamento
Moderador – Quintino Reis de Araujo
9:30 – 9:50
a.m.
9:50 – 10:10
a.m.
10:10 – 11:40
a.m.
Lecture 1 - Mecanização do Beneficiamento e Secagem do Cacau (30
min)
Lecture 2 – Tecnologia Nacional para processamento de cacau e
chocolate (30 min)
Reymar Coutinho de Andrade
Pinhalense Máquinas Agrícolas/SP
Adriano Sartori Pedroso
JAF INOX /SP
Lecture 3 - Aproveitamento integral da produção de cacau (30 min)
Raimundo Camelo Mororó
Fazenda Riachuelo/BA
Debate
Cacau Break
Painel 8 - O papel de Instituições públicas para o desenvolvimento da cacauicultura brasileira
Moderador - Durval Libânio
Lecture 1 - Programa de Desenvolvimento da Cacauicultura (30 min)
Lecture 2 - O Cacau e a Agricultura Familiar (30 min)
Lecture 3 - A Ceplac para as Comunidades do Cacau (30 min)
11:40 – 12
p.m.
12 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 2 p.m.
2 – 3p.m.
Debate
Almoço
Discussão de trabalhos científicos
Audiência pública sobre a Cacauicultura brasileira
3 – 4 p.m.
Plenária para elaboração da Carta de Ilhéus – Documento com as
conclusões e recomendações do III CBC
4 – 5 p.m.
INTEGRAÇÃO 3 - Reformulação para o Projeto Brasileiro de
Produção de Cacau
5 – 5:30 p.m.
5:30 – 6 p.m.
Câmara Setorial do Cacau/BA
Manfred Willy Müller
CEPLAC/DF
Argileu Martins da Silva
MDA/DF
Guilherme Galvão
Assoc. dos Produtores de Cacau/BA
Cerimônia de Encerramento
Cacau Break
Lídice da Mata
Senadora da Republica/BA
Raúl René Melendez Valle
CEPLAC/BA
Jay Wallace da Silva e Mota
CEPLAC/DF