María del Campo: The Image of Colombian Cacao at the International Theobroma for Peace Congress
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05.02.25
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In the midst of cacao plantations, the figure of a woman stands out with a wide-brimmed hat, a white suit, and on her skirt, green, yellow, red and orange cacao that balances out the intense coffee brown of the cup of chocolate on the table of this Colombian home.
María del Campo is a farming woman who accompanies and represents the thousands of cacao-growing families throughout the country. She is an icon that promotes Colombian cacao both nationally and internationally, and thanks to her experience as a producer, she knows the production, transformation and commercialization process well. During the Second Theobroma for Peace Congress held in Caquetá from November 8-11, 2022, María del Campo attended with the support of the National Federation of Cacao Growers as a speaker and leader of a symposium on the challenges for the agro-industrial development of sustainable chocolate. There, she shared her opinion on the role of women in rural work, the role of cacao in peace building and the importance of events on these issues in important areas for forest conservation.
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