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On January 18, 2012, the cocoa stakeholders which are CSP members, RA, and UTZ certified agencies run a certification workshop in discussing about the certification manual. Through this workshop, a working group had been existed. The members were RA certified, UTZ certified, Mars Symbioscience Indonesia, Veco Indonesia, SwissContact, and ICCRI. Representatives of each institution are Peter Sprang and M. Agra Rivay from RA certified, Angela Tejada from UTZ certified, A. St. Asmayanti and Darna Ismail from Mars Symbioscience Indonesia, Dr. Ir. Imam Suharto, M. Sc and Peni Aguslianto from Veco Indonesia, Giri Arnawa from SwissContact, and Dr. Ir. Adi Prawoto, M. Sc from ICCRI This small working group accomplished the manual finishing process till the field tests term together with farmers and cocoa stakeholders. Field tests were done in Sulawesi, Aceh and Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. After some intensive meetings, the climax is the manual certification Launching on September 26, 2012, as a symbol that the cocoa sustainability training manual is ready to be shared to its users where this manual is designed for Field Facilitators, Key farmers and or leaders of Farmers. On that date, CSP shared 50 exemplars to Indonesia cocoa sector stakeholders. Besides that, soft copy of this manual is downloadable in CSP website (www.cspindonesia.org). Have a nice reading! *adapted from Cocoa Certification Training Manual Preface.
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: Cocoa Certification Training Manual
Summary: This Cocoa Certification Training Manual (handbook) is formed as an effort to improve quality of farmers’ dried cocoa beans. The criteria acquirements of RA and UTZ standards by cocoa farmers/producer as explored in this manual is the key for farmers in marketing qualified and sustainable cocoa beans product, and also to develop sustainable cocoa crops. Moreover, this manual is made in more details as Indonesian farmers condition, more simple language and easy to be used. In that way, it is hoped that • Farmers/Farmers Groups can apply sustainable cultivation with RA and UTZ Criteria/standards. • Partners/facilitators/Farmers’ partner organizations can facilitate farmers in applying sustainable cocoa cultivation and fulfillment certification standards of RA and UTZ
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