DAVAO CITY – The Davao Region’s cacao industry was barely a blip on the radar when the global demand for chocolate saw an exponential rise.
This prompted several well-intentioned industry pioneers to start a crusade to revive the dying interest of the local farmers and bring locally grown cacao from Davao to the world.
Davao, in effect, has become a source not only of the raw materials and finished products but also of the technology and the knowledge to capacitate the farmers in bringing “the country’s cacao and chocolate to a higher level,” he said. “The expansion in other regions is really significant, and the source of planting materials came from Davao and the transfer of technology was from Davao, including the training.
“Chocolate makers from Cordillera used to get their supply of beans in the Divisoria, and these beans came from Davao, but they are now to get beans from the locally grown trees,” he said. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed the country’s production level in the country had reached only 7,983 metric tons in 2018, and 81 percent of which came from Davao Region.
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