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Name: Laura de Nooijer (Laura de Nooijer)
Organization:
Lovechock
Expertise:
food security
Countries of interest:
Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, Panama, Venezuela, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Grenada, Other
Biography:
I have founded Lovechock as the first raw chocolate company in Holland in 2008. I started making chocolate in my own kitchen and at the same time I was writing a business plan. After that the company grew rapidly and together with my partners we have established a great brand of raw, organic fine...
Name: Robert Kagramanov (Robert Kagramanov)
Organization:
Inforum
Expertise:
chains & relations
Name: marie lavialle-piot (Marie Lavialle-Piot)
Organization:
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate
Expertise:
trade & industry
Countries of interest:
Netherlands
Name: Robbert van Velze (robbert van velze)
Organization:
van Velze's Chocolaterie
Biography:
Robbert van Velze Co-founder VanVelze's, chocolatier in single origin/single estate chocolate. production of handmade single origin chocolates.
Name: Saskia Samama (swsamama)
Organization:
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate
Expertise:
farmers & production, chains & relations, consumers, certification, public-private partnerships
Countries of interest:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Peru, Europe, United States
Biography:
Marketing Manager Sustainable Cocoa & Chocolate
Name: Jolanda Groot (Jolanda Groot)
Organization:
Fresh Chain, representative of Hoja Verde Gourmet Ecuador
Expertise:
gender & livelihoods, transparency, chain governance, social policies, environmental policies
Countries of interest:
Ecuador, Colombia
Biography:
I am the representative of Hoja Verde Gourmet Ecuador in the Benelux; single origin chocolate, coffee, avocado oil. We import these products and we can make the contact between possible purchasers/partners and Hoja Verde Gourmet directly.
Name: Merijn Bruinse (Merijn Bruinse)
Organization:
Ascot Amsterdam B.V.
Expertise:
transparency, chain governance, farmers & traders, trade & industry, certification
Countries of interest:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Asia, Latin America, Europe, North America
Name: Erik Heringa (Erikheringa)
Organization:
Heringa Trading
Expertise:
farmers & traders
Countries of interest:
Sri Lanka
Biography:
I work as an agent for an COOP-ID, a Sri Lankan organization selling organically and sustainably grown agricultural products sourced from several farmer cooperatives in Sri Lanka. Among their products is cocoa.
Name: Philippe Bastide (Philippe Bastide)
Organization:
CIRAD
Expertise:
productivity & quality
Countries of interest:
n/a
Biography:
Cirad advisor for cocoa matters and researcher (agrophysiology, cocoa productivity and quality). Cocoa expertise: 30 years experience in cocoa agronomy and supply chain within 15 years spent in producing countries (Côte d'Ivoire, São Tomé, Vanuatu). More than 25 producing countries already...
Name: Bärbel Weiligmann (bweiligmann)
Organization:
GAIN
Expertise:
gender & livelihoods
Countries of interest:
Africa
Biography:
Bärbel Weiligmann has addressed issues in agriculture from different stakeholder perspectives. Presently as special advisor for global commodity chains for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. Previously, as Senior Program Manager for Food Security at the Rabobank Foundation she is...

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