COCONUT-CACAO

CROPPING MODEL
Coconut Inter-cropping Guide
IMPORTANCE
Better area utilization
More agricultural products
Cacao is highly suitable as intercrop to
coconut since it needs 70-80% shading
Cacao is a high value crop and has a
long-term marketability
ADVANTAGES & BENEFITS:
Coconut Trees:
Produces wide variety of basic
food products such as coconut
meat, buko juice, sugar, honey,
and vinegar and non-food raw
materials
ADVANTAGES & BENEFITS:
Cacao crop:
dried fermented cacao beans
are first roasted, cracked and
grinded to give a powdery mass
from which fat is extracted
KEY BENEFITS:
Cacao can be intercropped in coconut palms
Cacao is grown primarily for its beans,
which are processed into cocoa powder,
cake, and butter.
Chocolate is considered high in
phenylethylamine, likely serving as
medication.
KEY BENEFITS:
As for folk medicine or remedy, cacao
is considered antiseptic, diuretic and
parasiticide.
GLOBAL DEMAND FOR CACAO:
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.)
Grow in tropical environments
Ideal climate for growing is hot, rainy, and
tropical, with flush vegetation to provide
shade for the cacao trees.
Global demand for cacao grows annually by
2-3%
In the Philippines,
75% demand for cacao is imported
Increased demand for beans, paste, and
powder
Increased demand for chocolate-based
products by 10% in medium and long term
In the Aurora Province,
Suitable for cacao production
with its geographical position
Growing interest of local
farmers to plant cacao
Potential cacao industry in
the province
Lack of technical know-how in
production and postharvest
handling
Cacao from the Philippines: Market Opportunities
World Market
Always demand for beans
Always pay premium for high quality fermented beans
Regional Market
Very large growing grinding industry in Asia (620,000MT) but hardly
enough beans to feed it
Only 150,000MT fermented beans is produced in the region
Unfermented beans from Indonesia can only be used up to a certain
level. Combined Japan, China, Malaysia, and even Indonesia import
220,000MT of good quality fermented beans from West Africa.
This is expensive. An opportunity for the Philippines.
Healthy Chocolate:
Yes! A Healthy Food for Heart and
Mind
Cocoa The super healthy fruit
Recent research studies have shown
a link between cocoa and
cardiovascular health, with reduced
risk of blood clots, strokes, and
heart attacks
Raw cocoa has the highest
antioxidant value of all natural
foods in the world!
 Cacao
Cacao contains
contains overover 300
300 compounds
compounds including
including
protein,
protein, fat,
fat, carbohydrates,
carbohydrates, fiber,
fiber, iron,
iron, zinc,
zinc,
calcium,
calcium, andand magnesium
magnesium
Magnesium
Magnesium is is aa muscle
muscle relaxant
relaxant associated
associated with
with
feelings
feelings ofof calmness
calmness
If
If you
you are
are highly
highly attuned
attuned toto your
your body,
body, you
you may
may
feel
feel this
this relaxation
relaxation about
about 40-50
40-50 minutes
minutes after
after
digesting
digesting cacao
cacao
The
The Sulphur
Sulphur in in cacao
cacao also
also helps
helps form
form strong
strong
nails
nails and
and hair
hair
In
In addition,
addition, cacao
cacao also
also contains
contains the
the chemical
chemical
phenyl
phenyl ethylamine
ethylamine (PEA)(PEA)
It
It also
also plays
plays a a role
role in
in feeling
feeling focused
focused andand alert
alert
because
because it it causes
causes your
your heart
heart rate
rate to
to speed
speed up,
up,
resulting
resulting in in a
a similar
similar feeling
feeling to
to when
when wewe are
are fall
fall
in
in love
love
COCONUT BASIC FOOD PRODUCTS:
kernel/meat
coconut milk
coconut oil
coconut water/juice)
coconut sap (fresh sap)
vinegar
coconut nectar/honey
natural sap sugar)
COCONUT RAW PRODUCTS:
Husked-based

Shell-based