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Production of Brazil nuts and fine cocoa that preserves and regenerates the forest and generates income in the Acará River region, in Pará

It produces and sells Brazil nuts and fine native cocoa beans recognized for their quality. 

The chestnuts are peeled and dehydrated, and the processing process provides a delicate flavor and maximum crunch. Collector partners are remunerated with a premium and guaranteed purchase, encouraging forest conservation. 

The fine cocoa of origin, type Maranhão, is customized fermented, according to the client's specificities, using modern techniques, and subjected to slow solar drying. Microlots guarantee quality and traceability. 

"My biggest objective with all the work I do there, with chestnuts and cocoa, is to try to make people feel proud, happy to be recognized as natives, as originating from that region, and to become true guardians of that nature. And of course, they are also financially rewarded for all the work they do, exploring the region correctly and consciously, and have a significant improvement in their quality of life.”
Zeno Gemaque, founder of Zeno Nativo

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City State

Acará, PA

Foundation

2015

nature of business

Micro enterprise

Model

B2B, B2B2C and B2C

Founders:

Zeno Júlio Gemaque and Coi Beluzzo

Team Size:

4 people

Patent

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business phase

Traction

Year of entry into the program:

2023

Total amount raised

R$ 400 thousand

what solves

Açaí and palm monoculture in the Acará River region threatens the forest with river contamination and illegal logging. The production of Brazil nuts and native cocoa beans contributes to forest conservation, opens new markets and generates income for communities.  

impact

In 2024, 250 families in the Acará region will participate in the production chain and contribute to forest conservation. A projection for ten years it is more than doubling this number by expanding the processing bases, expanding the impact beyond the Acará river with the involvement of other communities in the region and contributing even more to the conservation of the forest and the maintenance of biodiversity through processing of native cocoa and nuts. 

product/market

B2B sales of high-quality premium nuts, in the process of expanding SKUs. Chocolatiers from Brazil and the world looking for fine cocoa of origin, with quality fermentation, microlots with traceability and exclusive flavors and aromas from the Amazon rainforest in the Acará River region.  

The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity.

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