In Colombia, there are many initiatives aimed at resolving the conflict, many of which are related to introduction or conversion of crops, cocoa is one of them and is an ambitious agenda for much of the emerald zone in the province of Western Boyacá. But not always addressed with such proposals and decisive anthropological foundation of technique which reduces their vulnerability and natural disadvantages, possibilities and gives it lets you be creative and competitive. The social life of cocoa (T h e o b ro m a c a c a o L) from the Aztecs , through modern production processes to agribusiness fine chocolates made by Swiss, Italian and Colombian, has been marked by a network of cultural factors that make cocoa production linchpin of myths, rites, economy, health, nutrition but mostly of a technical system possibilities guarantor chain in the field of social and human development. However, such opportunities are unfortunately near the small producers who are the majority, which paradoxically are under technical conditions hold, it would be a mistake to think cocoa project in the department without considering the cultural - local technique creates its chain.