THE industry of cacao beans in Davao City has a huge potential on the domestic market and the City Agriculture’s Office (CAO) is currently putting efforts of support to the recently-formed Davao City Chocolate Processor Council (DCCPC) to answer to this domestic demand.
THE industry of cacao beans in Davao City has a huge potential on the domestic market and the City Agriculture’s Office (CAO) is currently putting efforts of support to the recently-formed Davao City Chocolate Processor Council (DCCPC) to answer to this domestic demand.
A cacao processor is someone who uses cacao beans to further make them into by-products such as tablea, cocoa powder, and nibs among others.
CAO Agriculturist Januario Bentain, who heads the cacao industry department of the office, said there are currently 75 registered cacao processors in the city. However, he believes that there are about 200 processors that are operating in the city but has yet to be members of the DCCPC.
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