Choba Choba Foundation
Eric Garnier is the Chairman of the Board at Choba Choba AG, where Eric works to improve the livelihood of small-scale cocoa producers. Eric is also a Board Member and Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Choba Choba Foundation, focusing on supporting cocoa farmers in the Peruvian Amazon. Additionally, Eric is a Co-Founder & President at Sailcoop, a cooperative network for passenger transport. With previous experience at Alter Eco as Head of Producer Support & Impact and as a Corporate and Impact Communication Manager, Eric has a strong background in sustainable supply chains and impact communication. Eric also has experience as an External Lecturer at Université de Toulon, with a PGD in International Business/Trade/Commerce and a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from IMDR and ESSCA respectively.
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Choba Choba Foundation
OUR MISSION The mission of the Choba Choba Foundation is to co-create hands-on solutions for small scale cocoa farmers in the Peruvian Amazon to thrive as professional entrepreneurs and preserve their natural ecosystems. CORE STRATEGIC FOCUS * Professional Agroecology: Resilient Agroecosystems, Professional Farmer Tools & Methodologies * Nature Conservation: Cacao Diversity Conservation, Forest Conservation OUR APPROACH * Collaborative problem definition & solution design - including farmers and local parties in the development and design of action-oriented solutions fitting the reality. * Innovation piloting in the field to learn from successes and failures, create deep impact within farmer communities and use field evidence to nurture our collaborative solution design. NUESTRA MISIÓN La misión de la Fundación Choba Choba es co-crear soluciones prácticas y concretas para que los pequeños cacaocultores de la Amazonía peruana puedan prosperar como empresarios profesionales y a la vez preserven su medio ambiente. EJES ESTRATÉGICOS PRINCIPALES * Agroecología Profesional: Agroecosistemas Resilientes, Profesionalización de los Agricultores * Conservación de la Naturaleza: Conservación de la Diversidad Genética del Cacao, Conservación de los Bosques NUESTRO ENFOQUE * Enfoque colaborativo en la definición de problemas y diseño de soluciones – involucrando a los agricultores y actores locales en el desarrollo y diseño de soluciones concretas adaptadas a la realidad. * Creación de prototipos de soluciones innovadoras en el campo para aprender de los éxitos y fracasos, crear un profundo impacto dentro de las comunidades de agricultores y utilizar la evidencia de campo para nutrir nuestro diseño de solución.