Moving Cocoa works on several innovative cocoa projects, for example on applied research and implementation projects that connect data, technology and circular business in cocoa and other agro-food chains. Below you’ll find examples of recent projects.
This project developed a digital system for tracking and tracing cocoa, connecting farm-level data, GPS coordinates and quality information. The farmer remains the owner of the data. Work is ongoing to provide the data back to them
through AI-based tools. Key topics include privacy and consent, EU regulations, and transparency on how data is stored and shared. The technology has been developed and is now being scaled up.
This project explored how Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), handheld scanners, can be used to analyze cocoa beans (or other commodities). NIRS allows fast and non-destructive measurements of quality parameters such as moisture, starch, protein, fat and pH.
The goal is to make quality control easier on the farms, and more affordable for cooperatives and farmers. The same digital framework supports traceability and open data integration across the supply chain. We are currently open for partners to scale up.
This project explores how to create new value from cocoa pulp, the white fruit surrounding the beans. Together with Wageningen University & Research, CZU and Pacha de Cacao, we analysed opportunities for producing pulp-based ingredients such as juice, concentrate and sugar.
We have done a market research study, of which the summary is available. See the Value Chain Analysis here.
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