UWI Chocolate Manufacture Training Programme

(MENAFNEditorial) The UWI through the Centre for Food Security and Entrepreneurship [CFSE] is designing a training programme aimed at increasing the technical capacity of entrepreneurs in the Caribbean to move up the cocoa value-chain by building capacity to manufacture Value Added Cocoa products, including Chocolate.

The project will take into account the current constraints of manufacturing and marketing chocolate in Caribbean producing countries.

The ultimate objective of the initiative is to assist the Caribbean in improving the income of cocoa farmers and other industry stakeholders by allowing them to capture a larger percentage of the revenue derived from Caribbean cocoa.

The training will be facilitated at the Cave Hill campus in Barbados, over an eight-month period.

All cocoa farmers, manufacture of chocolate and other cocoa products, persons interested in becoming Chocolatiers, Persons who wish to specialize in artesian chocolates, and person interested in doing business involving cocoa are all invited to a meeting to discuss the prospects of the training programme.

Come learn how you can become a Master chocolatier in just eight months

Stop working hard and let others reap the rewards of your labour! Come help us design a programme that will you help you move up the cocoa ladder!

Bring your friends, bring your business partners! bring prospective UWI students!

Come one; come all to hear about this programme that will be designed with you in mind.

Come to the:

Venue: Chateaubelair Methodist Primary School, Chateaubelair

Georgetown Primary School, Georgetown

Time: 3:30 pm

Date Monday 18th June and Tuesday 19th June

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