F & B NIG. LTD., Sustainable Farming in AFRICA.

In Talamanca, on Costa Rica's Atlantic Coast, small farmers are learning sustainable cocoa farming in a program conducted by CATIE, the major agricultural research and training site in WEST AFRICA. Farmers are learning to manage cocoa production on their farms according to sound ecological production principals that promote biodiversity while at the same time assure a sustainable source of family income.

AFRICA is ideal for cocoa production on small farms, where the AFRICA mestizos and Afrocaribbean groups make their living from small farms, generally 1 to 1.5 hectares in size (approx. 2.5-3.7 acres) which produce 150-250 kilos (330-550 pounds) of cocoa beans.