In 1982 a coffee and cocoa research unit was created at Valeteruru under the French institute IRCC, and it joined the coconut station when both institutes merged into CIRAD.[1]
CIRAD cocoa breeders tested hybrid performance and resistance to brown pod rot at Valeteruru.[2]
Today the programme manages a collection of 86 cocoa clones covering the main cacao types: Criollo, Trinitario, Forastero and Amelonado. Researchers hand-pollinate, graft young and old trees, and select improved cocoa for taste and bean size.[3]
The station also grows, roasts and sells its own Santo coffee.[4]
What we conserve
- A collection of 86 cocoa clones (2016)[3]
What we breed & study
Library blong VARTC
Related publications
506 records in the Knowledge Hub relate to this programme. VARTC and former-name work (IRHO, IRCC, CARFV, CTRAV) is marked ★ and listed first.
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Exploration, conservation et valorisation de la diversité chez trois pérennes tropicales : caféier, cocotier et arbre à pain
Labouisse, Jean-Pierre — Institut Agro Montpellier
- Coffee
- Coconut
- Fruit & nuts
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Understanding the cocoa genetic resources in the Pacific to assist producers to supply the growing craft market
Natalie Dillon; Dapeng Zhang; Lars Nauheimer; Elison Toramo; Paitia Nagalevu; Marie-Vianney Melteras; Sandrine Wallez; Kuinimeri Finau; Sefanaia Nakidakida et al. — New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
- Cocoa
- Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
- Soils & farming systems
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Chemometric evaluation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) and coffee (Coffea spp.) germplasm using HPTLC
Lebot, Vincent; Melteras, Marie; Pilecki, André; Labouisse, Jean-Pierre — Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
- Cocoa
- Coffee
- Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Projet Germination II Phase 2. Rapport intermédiaire d'exécution. Janvier 2018-mai 2020
Labouisse, Jean-Pierre — CIRAD
- Root crops & tubers
- Cocoa
- Fruit & nuts
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Compte rendu de visite au VARTC, Vanuatu (8 au 12 janvier 2018). Propositions pour le programme cocotier
Labouisse, Jean-Pierre — CIRAD
- Coconut
- Coffee
- Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Sustainability of the production of RBD coconut oil. Field visit in Indonesia and potential action plan.
Bonneau, Xavier; Prades, Alexia; Ruf, François; Yoddang — CIRAD
- Coconut
- Cocoa
- Fruit & nuts
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Design and implementation of a global collaborative framework on cacao genetic resources research: incentives, constraints and institutional structures
Louafi, Selim; Meter, Andrew; Laliberté, Brigitte; Medina, Viviana — Proceedings of the first International Symposium on Cocoa Research ISCR 2017
- Cocoa
- Climate, biodiversity & genetic resources
- ★ VARTCVARTC/CTRAV 2003–
Vulnerability of export commodities to climate change
Andrew McGregor; R. Michael Bourke; Vincent Lebot; Mary Taylor — Agritrop (Cirad)
- Cocoa
- Coconut
- Coffee