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About INGENIC:INGENIC is the International Group for Genetic Improvement of Cocoa. The Group was created in 1994 and operates as an independent group sponsored by different institutions. It promotes the exchange of information and international collaboration on cocoa genetics and improvement of cocoa planting materials. Our membership currently includes approximately 223 members, representing 35 developing and developed countries around the world.
Organizational scheme
Chairman Dr. Albertus B. Eskes 
Vice-chairman (Africa) Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah Vice-chairman (America) Dr. Dario Ahnert Vice-chairman (Asia) Mr. Kelvin Lamin Chairman of INGENIC Mol-Biol and
host of the INGENIC Website
Dr. Mark Guiltinan Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Michelle J. End Editor Mrs. Frances Bekele
Support
INGENIC wishes to acknowledge the following organizations for their general and regular support provided over the last years for the INGENIC activities:
•Stiftung der Deutschen Kakao- und Schokoladenwirtschaft (Germany)
•CPA (Cocoa Producers' Alliance, Nigeria)
•CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, The Netherlands)
•BCCCA (Biscuit Cake Chocolate and Confectionery Association, UK)
•Masterfoods (UK)
•USDA (United States Department of Agriculture, USA)
•WCF (World Cocoa Foundation, USA)
INGENIC wishes to acknowledge also the significant support provided continuously to the INGENIC Board members in carrying out their respective tasks for INGENIC by:
•CIRAD (Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherches Agronomiques pour le Developpement, France),
•CRIG (Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana),
•CRU (Cocoa Research Unit of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago),
•MCB (Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysia),
•PennState (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
•UESC (Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil)