In a Philippine newspaper is a news story about an international non-profit organization's initiative to open a 'model cacao nursery.' ([http://mb.com.ph/articles/343396/davao-hosts-model-cacao-nursery]Davao hosts model cacao nursery[/http://mb.com.ph/articles/343396/davao-hosts-model-cacao-nursery])
In that news story is this lead: The Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance or ACDI/VOCA, an international non-profit organization that implements the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded CoCoPal (Coconut, Cacao, and Palay) Integrated Farming Systems Project in Mindanao opened earlier the CoCoPal model cacao nursery situated at Kilometer 12, Bernabe Subdivision, Catalunan Pequeño, this city.
It could be the spelling out of the acronym ACDI/VOCA or the 24-word appositive that follows it that, as you put it, 'makes for insufferable reading' of the lead paragraph. Aside from your reconstruction, will it also do if the acronym is mentioned a paragraph later and the appositive trimmed?
An international non-profit organization opened a model cacao nursery recently.
“Presently, we are providing support to qualified nursery operators and partners in our project areas. In Davao City, we supported the establishment of a model nursery with 100,000 production capacity to showcase best practices in cacao nursery production,” said Nicholas Richards of the ACDI/VOCA, which stands for Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance.
The ACDI/VOCA implements the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded CoCoPal (Coconut, Cacao, and Palay) Integrated Farming Systems Project in Mindanao. The place where cacaos would be grown for sale* will be at Kilometer 12, Bernabe Subdivision, Catalunan Pequeño.
*Not everybody knows that a nursery could also be 'a place where plants are grown for sale, transplanting, or experimentation ([http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nursery]The Free Dictionary[/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nursery),' right?