2021 Edition - National Organisation Committees

Each participating cocoa-producing origin establishes a National Organisation Committee that oversees the participation of cocoa producers from their origin. They may consist of representatives of one or more stakeholder groups such as: Research and development institutions, national cocoa boards, quality control centers, NGOs and export promoting institutions. National Organisation Committees play a crucial role in ensuring that high-quality samples are selected and sent to Cocoa of Excellence, representing the cocoa diversity of the origin.

Below are the contact details of the confirmed National Organisation Committees for the 2021 Edition. For more information please contact the Cocoa of Excellence Coordination.

Yan Diczbalis
Principal Horticulturist
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - Centre for Wet Tropics Agriculture,
Queensland
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)7 4220 4128 / +61 (0)407 120779 (cell)
Email: yan.diczbalis@daf.qld.gov.au

Jesús Willy Quispe Gutiérrez
Coordinator
FEDPRACAO LA PAZ
Sapecho, Municipio Palos Blancos, La Paz
Bolivia
Tel: +591 74072045
Email: jesusquispeguti@gmail.com

Gabriela Sadud Alarcón
Cocoa Programme National Responsible
IPD-SA Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras
San Pedro, Almirante Grau No. 557, Edificio Toyosán 4to piso
Tel: +591 78963630
Email: gabysadud@hotmail.com

Neyde Alice Bello Marques Pereira - MSc
Researcher in Agricultural Sciences and Technology
Coordinator of the National Organization Committee
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply - MAPA 
Brazil
Tel: +55 (73) 3214-3235 / +55 (73) 99132-7174 (whatsapp)
Email: nalice.bello@gmail.com / neyde.pereira@agricultura.gov.br

Em Veasna
Director Operations
Cacao Farmers Association Rattanakiri & Mondulkiri (CFARM)
Senmonorom town, Mondulkiri province
Cambodia
Tel : +855 12 454 224 / 071 2296 899
Email: veasna@cfarm.asia

Narcisse Olinga
Sous Directeur des Echanges Commerciaux
Ministère du Commerce
Avenue Marchand, Immeuble Rose, Yaoundé
Cameroun
Email : olinganarcisse@yahoo.fr

Michael Ndoping
Directeur General
Office national du Cacao et du Café – ONCC
BP 3018 99322 Bonanjo, Douala
Cameroun
Email: mndoping@yahoo.com

Omer Maledy
Secrétaire Exécutif
Conseil interprofessionnel du cacao et du café – CICC
6è étage immeuble ex-ONCPB,
BP 3928 Bonanjo, Douala
Cameroun
Tel : +237 233 42 07 77
Email : maledyomer@gmail.com
Website: https://cicc.cm/

Dr. Qin Xiaowei
Associate Professor
Spice and Beverage Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)
Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden, Wanning City, Hainan, 571533,
China
Tel : +86 18889513862
Email : qin_xiaowei@163.com

Óscar Leonel Ardila Parrado
Technical Secretary
Consejo Nacional Cacaotero
Calle 31 No. 17-27, Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia
Email: oscar.ardila@minagricultura.gov.co

Eduard Baquero López
Executive President
Federación Nacional de Cacaoteros - FEDECACAO
Calle 31 No. 17-27, Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia
Email: presidencia@fedecacao.com.co

Jason Fonseca Chavarría
Promotor Regional de Exportaciones
Promotora de Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica
Oficinas Centrales Plaza Tempo Escazú, San Jose
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 2505 4935
Email: jfonseca@procomer.com

Rocío del Carmen Fallas Salas
Coordinadora del Programa de Cacao
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
Regional Central Sur, Frente al CAIS de Puriscal, San José
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 2105 6100 ext 2113 / 2105-6200
Email: rfallas@mag.go.cr

Kouakou ME
Coordonnateur du Programme d’Appui aux OPA
Le Conseil du Café Cacao
17 BP 797 Abidjan,
Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: 225 02 56 65 80
Email: mkouakou@conseilcafecacao.ci

Koffi Félicien DIBY
Coordonnateur Adjoint du Programme d’Appui aux OPA
Le Conseil du Café Cacao
17 BP 797 Abidjan,
Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: 225 07 01 37 19 / 55 31 48 75
Email: diby.felicien@conseilcafecacao.ci

Juan Adalberto Hinojosa Gómez
Director del Departamento del Cacao
Ministerio de Agricultura
Autopista Duarte Km. 6 1/2, Los Jardines del Norte, Santo Domingo
República Dominicana
Tel: +1 809 547 3888 ext. 5012
Cel: +1 829 521 3015
Email: jaimegomezrd@gmail.com
Website: www.agricultura.gob.do

Rey Loor
Coffee and Cocoa Programme Responsible
Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias INIAP - EET- Pichilingue
Km. 5 vía Quevedo al Empalme Mocache, Prov. Los Ríos
Ecuador
Tel: +593 52 783128 / +593 52 783044 / +593 52784522 /
Email: rey.loor@iniap.gob.ec

Merlyn Casanova
Executive Director
Asociación Nacional de Exportadores de Cacao - ANECACAO
Av. Miguel Alcivar y Victor Sicouret, Edificio Torres del Norte, TorreB, Local 6, Guayaquil
Ecuador
Tel: +593 4 2687264 / +593 9 98864639 (cel)
Emails: gerencia@anecacao.com / presidencia@anecacao.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/anecacao.ecuador/
https://twitter.com/Anecacao_Ecu

Jairo Andrade
COP Alianza Cacao El Salvador
Catholic Relief Services, El Salvador
73 Avenida Sur #217 Colonia Escalón, San Salvador
El Salvador
Tel: +503 77363320
Email: jairo.andrade@crs.org
Website: crs.org or crsespanol.org

John Oakeshott
R&D Coordinator
The Pacific Community (SPC)
Vatoa Road, Narere, Suva,
Fiji
Tel: +679 337 9515
Email : johno@spc.int
Website : www.spc.int

Calice Anabelle BIFANE NDZE
Ingénieur Agronome
Directeur Adjoint Caisses Cacao/Café
CAISTAB GABON (Caisses de Stabilisation et de Péréquation du Gabon)
Immeuble Gabon 2000
B.P. 768 Libreville, Gabon
Email: cbpoufy@gmail.com
Website: www.caistab-gabon.com

Stephen Yaw Opoku
Physiology/Biochemistry Division
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana
Box 8, New Tafo-Akim,
Ghana
Tel: +233 24 4632762 / +233 27 7900029 (fax)
Email: syopoku@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.crig.org.gh

Ismael Herrera
Executive Coordinator
Comité Organizador Nacional Guatemala
15 avenida 14-72 zona 13 Guatemala, oficinas centrales de AGEXPORT
Guatemala
Tel: +502 2422 3623 +502 59452923
Email: cacaofinoguatemala@agexport.org.gt

Jean Claude Traore
Responsable Département Développement et Promotion des exportations
AGUIPEX
Immeuble Boké, Cité chemin de fer - Kaloum, Conakry
Guinea
Tel: +224 626 93 81 44
E-mail : jeanclaude.traore@aguipex-guinee.com

Nelson Manoucheka
Chef de service suivi-évaluation
INCAH - Institut Nationale du Café et du Cacao Haïtien
MARNDR - Ministère de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Développement Rural
Damien, route nationale #1, Haiti
Tel: 00 509 4806 5298
Email: n.manoucheka@yahoo.fr

Sardou Jean-Denis
Coordonnateur technique
Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières (AVSF)
18 rue Bellevue - Pacot, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Tel: 00 509 28 16 07 88 (office) / 00 509 48 90 08 48 (cell)
Email: s.jean-denis@avsf.org
www.avsf.org / www.ruralter.org

Daniel O'Doherty
Hawaii Cacao Foundation
333 Uluniu St, Suite 203
Kailua, Hawaii 96734,
USA
Tel: 808 777 0548
Email: cacao4hawaii@gmail.com

Ing. Aníbal Ayala
Gerente General
Asociación de Productores de Cacao de Honduras (APROCACAHO)
Municipio de Choloma, Departamento de Cortés
Honduras
Tel: +504 2669 3400/ 3912
Cel: +504 9991 5643
E-mail: cacaohonduras@aprocacaho.com
Website: www.aprocacaho.com

Dr. Anitha Karun, Director
ICAR - Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI)
Kasaragod-671 124, Kerala, India
Tel Office: +91-4994 232333, 91-4994- 232893, 232894, 232895
Mobile No: +91-9895425628
Email: directorcpcri@gmail.com

Dr. S. Elain Apshara, Principal Scientist
Horticulture Section
ICAR - Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI)
Regional Station, Vittal
Karnataka- 574 243, India
Mobile no: +91- 9449809566
Office no: +91- 8255- 239238
Email: elainapshara@gmail.com

Agung Wahyu Susilo
Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute
Jl. PB Sudirman 90 Jember 68118
Indonesia
Tel: +62 331 757130
Email: soesiloiccri@yahoo.com

Leroy Grey
Senior Director Cocoa, Coconut & Spices Division
Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority
Willie Henry Drive
P.O. Box 508
Kingston
Jamaica
Tel: (876) 758-1259, (876) 758-3903,
fax: (876)758-3905, Cel: (876) 276- 7869
Email: lgrey@jacra.org

Michael D. Titoe
Principal Economist
Ministry of Agriculture
Somalia Drive, Gardnersville
P.O. Box 10-9010
Liberia
Email: mdtitoe@gmail.com

Bernard R.H. Rakotondrabary
Conseil National du Cacao
Enceinte Cir Agri, 203, Ambanja,
Madagascar
Tel: (+ 261) 34 05 579 65
Email: secretaire.executif@conseilnationalcacao.mg

Ahmad Kamil bin Hj. Mohd. Jaaffar
Deputy Director General – Research & Development
Lembaga Koko Malaysia (Malaysian Cocoa Board)
Malaysia
E-mail: kamil@koko.gov.my

Haya Ramba
Deputy Director of Cocoa Upstream Technology Division
E-mail: hayaramba@koko.gov.my

Suzannah Sharif
Acting Director of Cocoa Downstream Technology Division
E-mail: suzannah@koko.gov.my

Aizat Japar
Research Officer
E-mail: aizat@koko.gov.my

Kora Bernabé
Présidente de VALCACO
VALCACO - Association des producteurs de cacao de Martinique
Chez le PARM, 375 impasse petit morne
97232 Le Lamentin, Martinique
Tel : +596 696 44 26 30 ou +596 696 85 30 22
Email : kora.bernabe@gmail.com

Indoomatee Ramma
Principal Research Scientist
Crop Research Department - Food And Agricultural Research and Extension Institute
Reduit
Mauritius
Tel : 230 57710650(cel) / (230) 6731472 (office)
Email: fruit@farei.mu

Dr. Carlos Hugo Avendaño Arrazate
Investigador Titular
Responsable Programa Cacao
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP)
Campo Experimental Rosario Izapa
Programa de Investigación en Cultivos Industriales Perennes
Km. 18 Carretera Tapachula-Cacahoatán Tuxtla Chico, C.P. 30870, Chiapas
México
Tel: +52 01800 088 2222 ext. 86411
Email: avendano.carlos@inifap.gob.mx

José Miguel Obando Espinoza
Co Director
Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Colonia Centroamérica Frente Sección V Policía Nacional, Managua
Nicaragua
Tel: +505 82397955 (cell) / +505 85943272 (cell) / +505 22982080 (office)
Email: miguel.obando1@gmail.com; mobando@inta.gob.ni
Website: https://inta.gob.ni/

Eric Dormoi
Director Nacional del Promoción de las Exportaciones
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias
Ave. Ricardo J Alfaro, Plaza Edison 3er Piso, Ciudad de Panamá
Panamá
Tel: +507 560 0600 ext. 5898 / cel: +507 64507511
Email: edormoi@mici.gob.pa
Web: www.mici.gob.pa

Lourdes Pérez
Gerente de Exportaciones
PROPANAMA
PH Omega, Calle 53 Este con Ave. Samuel Lewis, Obarrio, Ciudad de Panamá
Panamá
Tel. +507 504 8945 y 46 / 507 6675 1714
Email: lperez@mire.gob.pa
Web: http://propanama.mire.gob.pa

Naithel Wartovo
Export Quality Assurance Manager
Cocoa Board of Papua New Guinea
Balavu Street, PO Box 532
Kokopo, ENBP
Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 982 9083 / +675 982 8712 (fax)
Email: naithelwartovo20@gmail.com; quality.manager@cocoaboard.org.pg

José Alberto Muro Ventura
Director General
Dirección General Agrícola Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego – MINAGRI
Jr. Yauyos Nº 258, Lima, Perú
Tel. Central: + 51-1 209-8800 Anexo: 4011
Email: asayan@minagri.gob.pe

Augusto Nicolas Aponte Martínez
Director de la Dirección Agrícola
Dirección General Agrícola Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego - MINAGRI
Jr. Yauyos Nº 258, Lima, Perú
Tel. Central: +51-1 209-8800 Anexo: 4030
Email: jmoreno@minagri.gob.pe

Carmen Rosa Chávez H.
Especialista
Responsable Cadena Cacao & Chocolate
Dirección General Agrícola Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego - MINAGRI
Jr. Yauyos Nº 258, Lima, Perú
Tel. Central: +51-1 209-8800 Anexo: 4031
Cell: +51 998559543
Skype: crchavezh
Email: cchavez@minagri.gob.pe

Elias Godos Cruz
Presidente
Asociación Peruana de Productores de Cacao - APPCACAO
Tel: +51 5666067
Email: presidente@appcacao.org; eliascruzgodos@gmail.com

Luis Mendoza
Gerente General
Asociación Peruana de Productores de Cacao - APPCACAO
Tel: +51 5666067
Email: gerencia@appcacao.org

José San Martin Tudela
Gerente General Romex S.A
Càmara Peruana de Café y Cacao
Email: jsanmartin@romex.com.pe
Sitio web: www.camcafeperu.com.pe

Rosario Uria Toro
Directora de Normalización
Instituto Nacional de Calidad - INACAL
Email: ruria@inacal.gob.pe
Sitio web: www.inacal.gob.pe

Armi Lopez Garcia
Chairperson
Philippines Cacao Industry Council
Davao City, Mindanao
Philippines
Tel: +639189359196/ +639322911961
Email: phcacaocouncil@gmail.com

Eduardo Cortés
Cortés Hermanos (Chocolate Cortes)
Calle Manuel Camuñas,
San Juan, 00918
Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-754-7040
Email: ecortes@chocolatecortes.com

Viviana Medina
President
V.M.R. Consulting
Cond. Tierra del Sol, Apt 198,
Humacao, 00791
Puerto Rico
Tel: 787-431-0100
Email: vmedinarodriguez49@gmail.com

Patrick Mbemba
Directeur Général
EP2AVPA - Entreprise de Production, Protection d’Achat et Vente des Produits Agricoles
117 et 118, Rue Kakou Eugène, Bacongo, Brazzaville
Republic of the Congo
Tel: +242 05 388 29 10 / 06 659 73 66
E-mail : mbembapatrick73@gmail.com

Tuimaseve Kuinimeri Finau
Manager Food Science & Technology Division
Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS)
Nafanua, Apia,
Samoa
Tel: (+685) 20664 or (+685) 8430048; Fax: (+685) 27769
Email: kuinimeri.finau@srosmanagement.org.ws
Website: www.sros.org.ws

Didan Sankoh
Director
Produce Monitoring Board
DELCO House – 10 Lightfoot Boston Street Freetown
Sierra Leone
Tel: +232 78 487790
Email: dsankoh@producemonitoringboard.sl or didansankoh@gmail.com

Simran Bindra
Co-Founder
Kokoa Kamili
PO Box 105669, 2nd Floor
Msasani Tower, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: +255 (0)783563780
Email: info@kokoakamili.com
Website:www.kokoakamili.com

Assoc. Prof. Sanh La-ongsri
President - Cocoa Association (Thailand)
Associate Professor of Plant Physiology and Plant Biology - Maejo University
222/1 Moo 9, San Sai Noi, San Sai Chiang Mai 50210
Thailand
Tel: +66 85 914 6963
Email: Sanh@markrinchocolate.com

Rawisara La-ongsri
Secretary
Cocoa Association (Thailand)
222/1 Moo 9, San Sai Noi, San Sai Chiang Mai 50210
Thailand
Tel: +66 95 752 2770
Email: rawisara@markrinchocolate.com

Kanokked La-ongsri
President
MarkRin Choocolate Company Limited
222/1 Moo 9, San Sai Noi, San Sai Chiang Mai 50210
Thailand
Tel: +66 94 830 3760
Email: Kanokked@markrinchocolate.com

Enselme Gouthon
Secrétaire Général
Comité de Coordination pour les Filières Café et Cacao (CCFCC)
Immeuble Direction du Conditionnement et de la Métrologie Légale (DCML) - Zone Portuaire
BP: 8582 Lomé
Togo
Tel: +228 22 27 09 45 / +228 22 27 09 65 (fax)
E-mail: ccfcctogo@gmail.com

Mala Partap
Chief Operations Officer & Secretary
Cocoa Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (CDCTTL)
16 Mulchan Seuchan Road, Chaguanas
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: 868 671 1001
Email: mala.partap@cdcttl.co.tt

Jeff Steinberg
Founder & Managing Director
Latitude Trade Company
Plot 2 Lower Kakiiza Road, Fort Portal
Uganda
Tel : +256 783185287
Email : jeff@latitudetrade.co
Website : www.latitudetrade.co

Sandrine Wallez
ACTIV Association
Stella Mare Sub-Division
P.O. Box 5125
Second Lagoon, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Tel: +678 22 554
Email: activassociation@hotmail.com
Website : www.activassociation.org

Clímaco Álvarez
Investigador del INIA-Miranda
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA)
Sector Tapipa, Municipio Acevedo
Estado Miranda, Venezuela
Cell: +58 0412-0809014
Email: climacoa@hotmail.com

Instituto Nacional de Sanidad Agrícola Integral (INSAI)

Cacagua, Municipio Acevedo
Estado Miranda, Venezuela