Transforming Caribbean Cocoa

The University of the West Indies’ Cocoa Research Centre has embarked on a major new project: to transform the Region’s cocoa sector.

The new project, dubbed the International Fine Cocoa Innovation Centre, is the brainchild of the Cocoa Research Centre and its partners, funded by a $2.17 million grant from the European Union.

It’s all part of a bid to capture a greater share of the $100 billion global cocoa industry, which is slated to grow by another 20 percent over the next decade.