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Although alternative trade have become a de facto prescription for any location where there is a need to conciliate economic interest with conservation imperatives, the discursive concept of equalitarian partnerships hides the fact that what for consumers is a matter of choice, for producers is...
Assessment of the fermentative process from different cocoa cultivars produced in Southern Bahia, Brazil.pdf (509.07 KB) The “witch broom disease” caused by the fungus Moniliophtora perniciosa drastically reduced cocoa production in Southern Bahia (Brazil), and cloning techniques has been used with trees that showed resistance to the fungus. On the other hand, the genotype, agronomic management, soil and weather...
Factors Affecting Adoption of Cocoa Farm rehabilitation techniques in Nigeria.pdf (339.23 KB) Despite the fact that some efforts have been made to increase cocoa production in Nigeria, farmers are still producing below expected cocoa production figure due to old and moribund cocoa trees. This studyassesses the factors affecting adoption of cocoa farm rehabilitation techniques in Oyo...
standard of living of ghanaian cocoa farmers.pdf (233.53 KB) A survey was conducted to provide insight into the standard of living of cocoa farmers in Ghana. A total of 637 households (with 3392 persons) were randomly sampled using a multi staged sampling technique from eleven cocoa districts in Ghana. Formal questionnaires were used to interview the...
Understanding Farmer Engagement Sulawesi (1).pdf (834.38 KB) A range of different public and private sector organisations have intervened to improve the production of cocoa and smallholder livelihoods in Indonesia. They have employed a variety of methods and approaches. While some successes are evident, cocoa smallholders continue to struggle with the...
Market study of fine flavour cocoa - revised version.pdf (3.07 MB) This research was conducted to produce a mapping of the fine flavour cocoa (FFC) market for 11 countries of interest in Latin – America, Asia and Africa, and to define the potential of fine flavour cocoa for these countries. The research focussed on the varieties of fine flavour cocoa, the...
effect of extraction conditions on the yield and chemical properties of cocoa.pdf (290.22 KB) The use of citric acid as an extractant could boost the industrial recovery of pectin from waste cocoa husks that are generated during cocoa production, say researchers. In this research, different extraction conditions were applied to investigate the effect of temperature, extraction time and...
ISDPartnershipsCompendium.pdf (4.38 MB) This publication reflects essays of participants of the module Partnerships for International Sustainable Development, of the post-graduate course of "International Sustainable Development" for profesionalls in business and society organized by the University of Aplied Sciences Leiden in...
This chapter reviews more and less mainstream policy options in relation to the commodity question in the light of both its classical definition and the emerging concern about oligopoly. It begins by updating the evidence concerning commodity price decline and volatility, and examining the...
This paper argues that donor interventions in the area of agro-commodities remain both feasible and of critical economic importance. However, for them to be Worthwhile they must be anchored in attention to and understanding of a set of issues laying just below the surface of questions such as...
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