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Sofia Carvalho
A Portuguese-Brazilian agronomist, Sofia left a lucrative corporate export post to found a women-led agroforestry cooperative that intercrops cacao with native hardwoods in a degraded Atlantic-Forest corridor. She now juggles …
Published on 22nd October 2025
Sofia Carvalho's Backstory
A Portuguese-Brazilian agronomist, Sofia left a lucrative corporate export post to found a women-led agroforestry cooperative that intercrops cacao with native hardwoods in a degraded Atlantic-Forest corridor. She now juggles carbon-credit negotiations, fair-wage enforcement, and grassroots lobbying for land-tenure reform, earning a reputation as both charismatic and relentlessly practical.
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Origin & Purpose
Explain her journey from corporate agribusiness to founding the cooperative, highlighting women leadership, fair wages, cacao-hardwood system, and social vision.
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