Theobroma cacao is the scientific name given to the cocoa tree
The agricultural potential of Barlovento is significant. Its characteristics of tropical humid forest, fertile soils and ideal climatic conditions with a good distribution of rainfall during the year, allow the development of a peculiar combination of Trinitarian cocoas that stand out for their quality; Nevertheless; the producers, mostly of medium and advanced age, carry out a basic process focused on the crop and harvest, with yields ranging between 250 and 300 kilos per hectare
Cocoa is their main source of income and the center of their lives, for being the item they inherited from ancient generations.
