Description about TEOCAO:
Cocoa and Chocolate Factory.
Relevant sustainable practices in TEOCAO:
- Teocäo promotes the use of agroforestry systems among the ejidos Nueva Costa Rica, Mapastepec and through the cooperative Tajawil Ta Kakaw in El Hular, Tuzantán in Chiapas; where natural pollination, selection of champion plants and acriollamiento of species, as well as natural genetic resistance are promoted through the use of cocoa polycultures.
- Promotes tekio and family agriculture in 7 families of producers.
- Promotes the training of producers through awareness workshops on the preservation of Mexican cacao and the conservation of forests through Mayan «cacaotales» systems as a resilience mechanism in the face of climate change.
- Implementation of sustainable post-harvest cocoa practices (fermentation and drying) avoiding the waste of water required in traditional post-harvest practices.
- Promotes food security for families through the planting of different fruit trees and edible vegetables such as mango, banana, rambutan, mamey, mangosteen, yaca, cinnamon, Mayan nut, pacaya and acuyo.
- Plan for the rescue and preservation of native cacao trees in the region, through the location of genetic material and its reproduction in nurseries and cuttings for immediate grafting.
