information
This project was created in 2008, with following objectives:
Protect ecosystems by developing agroforestry to ensure long-term sustainability of cocoa plantations.
Fight deforestation and its consequences, such as soil erosion, decrease of water availability, natural disasters, landscapes degradation, and biodiversity loss.
Enhance farmers’ livelihoods by providing alternative sources of income.
Location
San Martin region, Amazonia, PeruType
Agroforestry and reforestation
Local partner
ACOPAGRO cooperativeParticipants
2,671 Fair trade & Organic cocoa farmersAchievements
1,807,536 Trees plantedsupply chain
Cocoacertifications
Local partner
ACOPAGRO cooperative was created in 1997, as part of a UN program to substitute coca plantations with cocoa and other alternative crops in the San Martin region, Amazon, Peru. It now counts 2000 members: small-scale producers of cocoa and sugar cane having 5 hectares of land each, with an average 2.2 ha of cocoa fields.
Plantation models
Species planted

Pinochuncho – Schizolobium Amazonicum

Shaina – Colubrina Glandulosa

Bolaina – Guazuma Crinita

Capirona – Calycophyllum Spruceanum
participants
The participants are ACOPAGRO members, small-scale cocoa farmers and their families.
Photo stories
The good taste of cocoa farming under the trees in Peru.
A photo story by Christian Lamontagne.