Alejandro Gil
Procurement and Agricultural Development Lead, Compañía Nacional de Chocolates/Cordillera Chocolates
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Alejandro is the cocoa Procurement and Agricultural Development Lead for Nutresa's Chocolate Business-Cordillera Chocolate, guiding the company's effort to build a better cocoa sector in Colombia. His role involves cocoa procurement, leading the training and experimental farms, producing high-quality planting material (cacao and forest tree species), and directing hundreds of alliances with farmers' organizations. Alejandro also guides the applied agricultural research program and agricultural extension strategies.
Alejandro is a Fulbright scholar from the Cacao for Peace Program (USDA-USAID). He holds a Ph.D. in Education, Development, and Community Engagement from Penn State University, where he also graduated with a dual-title master's degree in Agricultural and Extension Education and International Agriculture and Development. His research focused on understanding what explains the adoption of innovations among cocoa farmers and the evaluation of cocoa programs.
