MoU Signing Between CSP and BALITTRI

Sukabumi, July 24,2020—The Memorandum of Understanding between Cocoa Sustainability Partnership (CSP) with Indonesian Industrial and Beverages Crops Research Institute/IIBCRI (Balai Penelitian Tanaman Industri dan Penyegar/BALITTRI) in Sukabumi, West Java, on July 24, 2020. The MoU is signed by Wahyu Wibowo, Executive Director of CSP, and Dr. Tri Joko Santoso, S.P, M.Si, Head of IIBCRI.

The Memorandum of Understanding is signed in order to support the development of sustainable cocoa commodity in Indonesia by improving the qualified seed development, root-stock and planting material facilitation, fertilizer and fertilization evaluation, cocoa planting facilitation based on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and technology for maintaining the pest and disease control to increase the production and productivity of cocoa commodity. It is accordingly with the CSP Key Performance Indicators with target achievement of 200 million cocoa crops with average production of 2 kilograms per tree, so it can contribute to the total national cocoa production and increasing the export of processed cocoa beans. (CSP)