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Name: Arjen Boekhold (Arjen Boekhold)
Organization:
Tony's Chocolonely
Expertise:
capacity building, chains & relations, transparency, certification, social policies
Countries of interest:
Africa
Name: Ingrid Fromm (ifromm)
Organization:
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Expertise:
farmer entrepreneurship, farmer income, chains & relations, transparency, chain governance
Countries of interest:
Africa, Ghana, Latin America
Biography:
I'm a researcher at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences in Switzerland. I've been conducting research on cocoa value chains and issues affecting farmers and their incomes. I recently concluded a study in Ghana on sustainable production...
Name: Kees van 't Klooster (Kees van 't Klooster)
Organization:
Alterra, Wageningen UR
Expertise:
farmer entrepreneurship, access to land, capacity building, transparency
Countries of interest:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, DR Congo, Sierra Leone, Togo, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya, Other
Biography:
As Project Director Africa at Alterra, Wageningen UR, Kees van 't Klooster is developing public private partnerships in Africa making a.o. sustainable cocoa production possible
Name: Joe Fisher (Joe Fisher)
Organization:
Hotel Chocolat
Expertise:
farmers & production, productivity & quality, transparency, consumers
Countries of interest:
Netherlands, United Kingdom
Name: Martin Christy (Martin Christy)
Organization:
Direct Cacao
Expertise:
access to markets, future cocoa farmers, transparency, consumers, certification
Countries of interest:
Other, Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Panama, Venezuela, United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Biography:
Martin Christy is Founder and Editor of fine chocolate review website Seventy%. He is a leading voice in the fine chocolate industry, passionate about the promotion and preservation of fine chocolate and fine cacao, and supporting those who produce them. Martin runs sensorial workshops and tastings...
Name: Thibault d'Huart (tdh)
Organization:
Tropicore International
Expertise:
access to land, access to markets, access to finance, access to services & inputs, transparency
Countries of interest:
DR Congo
Name: Jolanda Groot (Jolanda Groot)
Organization:
Fresh Chain, representative of Hoja Verde Gourmet Ecuador
Expertise:
gender & livelihoods, transparency, chain governance, social policies, environmental policies
Countries of interest:
Ecuador, Colombia
Biography:
I am the representative of Hoja Verde Gourmet Ecuador in the Benelux; single origin chocolate, coffee, avocado oil. We import these products and we can make the contact between possible purchasers/partners and Hoja Verde Gourmet directly.
Name: Merijn Bruinse (Merijn Bruinse)
Organization:
Ascot Amsterdam B.V.
Expertise:
transparency, chain governance, farmers & traders, trade & industry, certification
Countries of interest:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Asia, Latin America, Europe, North America

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