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Four units, one concession.

Certified rice seed, cocoa growing, powder processing and nature conservation: one land, four businesses.

Mature seed rice paddy
Our activities

Four units, one concession.

Four complementary units on a single concession: certified rice seed for the region's farmers, and a fully controlled cocoa chain from seedling to powder.

Mature seed rice paddy

Certified rice seed

Multiplication

Certified rice seed produced, sorted and bagged on site, giving farmers reliable, high-yielding seed.

Seed rice paddies10 and 20 kg bagsKongo Central
Red pods on cocoa tree trunks

Cocoa growing

24 ha

A shade-grown cocoa plantation, harvested at peak ripeness, with fermentation and drying done on the concession.

AgroforestryHand harvestedOn-site fermentation
Cocoa powder

Cocoa powder

SYKAO

Processing cocoa beans into powder to create value on site and supply local and regional markets.

RoastingGrindingPackaging
Young cocoa trees planted beneath the forest's tall trees

Nature conservation

Ecosystems

Our cocoa trees grow beneath the forest's tall trees, which we keep standing. Dedicated initiatives protect the soil and biodiversity.

ForestLiving soilsBiodiversity
Seed unit

Certified rice seed.

We produce, sort and bag certified rice seed on site, giving the region's farmers reliable, high-yielding seed.

Seed rice panicles
Warehouse of Sy Holdings rice seed bags
In practice

Ready to sow.

The seed is packed in 10 and 20 kg Sy Holdings bags, marked Kongo Central, Seke-Banza territory.

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Our value chain

From seedling to powder.

Every step takes place on our concession, under our control. That is what makes our cocoa traceable.

01

Nursery

Raising young cocoa trees before planting.

02

Planting

Planted beneath the forest trees.

03

Maintenance

Mulching, pruning and tree health monitoring.

04

Harvest

Pods picked at peak ripeness, then opened.

05

Fermentation & drying

To bring out the aromas and stabilize the beans.

06

Processing

Roasting, grinding and powdering.