TCGA Support Services

With a fully functional extension department, TCGA provides organic inspections, technical training (cacao production - from seed sowing to post harvest methodologies), quality control, pruning services, organic and agriculture education, farm consultations, and other extension support services for existing and new farmers. TCGA ensures that farmers have the adequate skills to cultivate, ferment and dry cacao beans as demanded by the market. TCGA has undertaken several infrastructure projects over the last 5 years to build satellite buying centers (Maya Mopan, San Antonio Village) and drying facilities in San Jose in order to provide quality beans to its customers.

TCGA offers many support services:

• Farmer field-school training
• Farmer exchange visits
• Consoltation
• Organic production training
• Fair trade education