It is hoped a training programme for cocoa farmers in Solomon Islands will open a new market for the first ever locally made chocolate products.
A group of cocoa farmers are learning to become Solomon Islands' first chocolate makers.
The training programme was conducted by Nat Bletter and David Elliot, the co-founders of the award winning Madre chocolate in Hawaii.
Mr Bletter says local beans have normally been exported to bigger countries, but the training will allow farmers to make their own chocolate.
"They can process it into cacao through popsicles which are made or chocolate drinks to replace their Milo or the chocolate bananas, even better for them. And many of them said 'Yeah, I'm not going to drink Milo in the morning anymore. I'm just going to drink my own chocolate."
Nat Bletter.
