Cocoa in Numbers - from data to knowledge
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Irene Chetschik
- Co-project leader : Karin Chatelain, Prof. Dr. Susanne Miescher Schwenninger, Monika Schneider, Monika Schneider , Matthias Stucki, Sonja Trachsel, Dr. Robert Vorburger, Sylvia Wick
- Deputy of project leader : Prof. Dr. Tilo Hühn
- Project team : Amandine André, Susette Freimüller Leischtfeld, Regula Keller, Markus Kneubühl, Katrin Kremer-Hartmann, Stefanie Streule, Lisa Ullrich, Erich Zbinden
- Project budget : CHF 370'000
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Internal
- Project partner : Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL
- Contact person : Irene Chetschik
Description
Nowadays consumers of cocoa and chocolate products are not only
interested in safe high-quality products but also in products which
are sustainable and produced under fair ecological and social
conditions. The demand for transparency of information on the
condition of cultivation, production and trade as well as on food
safety and quality aspects is growing for both the consumers and
the people involved along the cocoa value chain.
For this reason, the goal of this interdisciplinary project is to
generate a database, combining information along the cocoa value
chain from the angles of different research disciplines such as
agronomy, food microbiology/food biotechnology, food sensory, food
quality, life cycle assessment and socio-economic impact. The set
up of the data base will be done based on a selected model
experiment under defined agricultural condition, allowing insights
into aspects of the before mentioned research dimensions. By the
establishment of this independent database we envision to promote
transparency, quality, safety and sustainability along the cocoa
value chain as well as the biodiversity and fair cocoa
farming.