What's Next? CONCLUSION
It’s now our second sourcing report and we have made big steps in the past year in improving our cacao program with the intention of creating a more sustainable system for our cacao partners. We have also been working more closely with our partners than ever as we provide more in-depth assistance to their farms through our assessments and field visits.This has provided us with more insights and understanding of how we could improve our practices. Meanwhile, we continue to do our social impact programs such as the Organic Conversion Program (OCP), CrowdFarming, and the new Nursery Program. We are making great progress on these programs as more farmers become interested to join and become a part of it. It has allowed us to build better relationships with our partners while working hand in hand towards our common goals.We have also been working with more external partners on projects that will create more impact for our partner cacao farmers and in the agricultural landscape of the Philippines.We are happy to have been able to briefly introduce you to a few of them and we hope that we can build more social impact partnerships in the future.
This year has also been really positive for us as we have also been able to buy significantly more cacao beans than the previous year. It’s a good indication of the moving economy and growing market for Philippine cacao.As we move forward, we think about how we could expand our impact and connect with a wider network of partner cacao farmers. So we have been working diligently in getting to know more farmers with the potential to make fine quality cacao beans while providing them the assistance that they need to achieve this. It’s been very exciting for us to explore, and we can’t wait until we get to introduce even more farmers to you. This second sourcing report is a demonstration of our continuing commitment to transparency and traceability of our products as well as to hold ourselves accountable on our operations. By laying bare our practices, we hope to promote the value of direct trade and traceability in the country.
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