Program for the Sustainable Cacao Workshop

and Research Drafting Session

Hosted and Organized by

and

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

 

Support for this workshop provided by Mars Incorporated

 

Panama City, Panama

March 30-April 2, 1998

Sunday, March 29 -- evening

Check-in at El Panama Hotel

7:00 pm -- Cocktails, Buffet, Informal Reception at Hotel

Monday, March 30 -- Day 1

at Tupper Center, STRI Complex, Panama City

(Tony Lass, Cadburys, PLC, Moderator for Day 1)

8:00 am

Welcoming: Representative from The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

8:15 am

Introduction: Tom Lovejoy, Institute of Conservation Biology, Smithsonian Institution

8:30 am

Overview of workshop and drafting session: purpose; process; product. Robert A. Rice, SMBC

Background on cocoa industry. Tony Lass, Cadburys, PLC, England

9:00 am

I. Agroecosystems and Biodiversity. Allison Power, Cornell University, New York

10:15-10:40 am

coffee break

10:45 am

II. Overview of Cropping Systems in Cacao. François Ruf, CIRAD, Côte d’Ivoire

12:00-1:25 pm

lunch--catered on-site

1:30 pm

III. Shade Management, Landscape Transformations, and Biological Diversity. Russ Greenberg, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Washington, DC; Jeff Parrish, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC

3:00-3:25 pm

coffee break

3:30 pm

IV. Agroforestry, cacao and carbon sequestration, Tammy Newmark, TechnoServe, Washington, DC; Bahiru Duguma, ICRAF, Cameroon; Eduardo Somarriba, CATIE, Costa Rica

5:00-5:20 pm

Wrap-up and prioritization of the day’s ideas and recommendations. Christine Pendzich, Facilitator

7:00 pm

Dinner: Cocktails and staff mixer at the Tupper Center (STRI)

 

 

Tuesday, March 31 -- Day 2

 

Field trip to Bocas del Toro region in northern Panama.

Charter flight (roundtrip) leaving early morning, returning late afternoon.

Organized by Stanley Heckadon, STRI

Return to Panama City around 5:00 pm.

7:30 pm

Dinner at Las Tinjajas Restaurant in Panama City.

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Wednesday, April 1 -- Day 3

on Barro Colorado Island, STRI facilities

at Tupper Center, STRI Complex, Panama City

(François Ruf, CIRAD, Moderator for Day 1)

 

9:00 am

V. Sustainable Production Technologies. Beatrice Padi, CRIG, Ghana; Joe Whinney, Organic Commodities Project, Cambridge, MA (USA)

10:15-10:40 am

coffee break

10:45 am

VI. Disease and Sustainability in the Cacao Agroecosystem: Harry Evans, IIBC, England; B.K. Matlick, independent consultant, USA

12:00-1:25 pm

lunch--catered on-site

1:30 pm

VII. Social, cultural, and economic aspects of cocoa production. Jim Gockowski, IITA, Cameroon; Keith Alger, Instituto de Estudos Socio-Ambientales do Sul da Bahia (Brazil)

3:00-3:25 pm

coffee break

3:30 pm

VIII. Cacao as Part of an Ecological and Economical Option for Small and Large Holdings. Presentations and panel discussion. Stanley Heckadon, STRI, Panama; Koffi N’Goran, IDEFOR-DCC, Côte d’Ivoire; Dixxon Chok, Hasfarm International, Sabah, Malaysia

5:00-5:30 pm

Wrap-up and prioritization of the day’s ideas and recommendations. Christine Pendzich, Facilitator

Closing remarks on the three-day workshop

7:00 pm

Dinner: Barbeque at Culebra Marine Center alongside the Panama Canal

 

Thursday, April 2 --Day 4

at Tupper Center, STRI Complex, Panama City

All-day Drafting Session on Research Priorities

(Christine Pendzich, Independent, Bi-lingual Facilitator for Day 4)

 

8:30 am

IX. Developing a Research Agenda for Sustainable Cocoa Production: Issues and Recommendations for Action (a full-day working session, aiming to map out the intellectual terrain for future research needs). Working groups operating in break-out sessions, coming together for the afternoon. Details, logistics, and agenda provided at 8:30 am.

4:00-4:30 pm

X. Summary and Closing for the drafting session: wrap-up and next steps

6:00 pm

Dinner at Las Bovedas Restaurant