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Guide for the assessment of cacao quality and flavour [PDF]

, 2023
The Guide includes detailed protocols and procedures for evaluating cacao in various forms, such as unroasted cacao bean coarse powder, cacao mass, and chocolate.
Cacao of Excellence
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Cacao [PDF]

, 2007
Cacao, Theobroma cacao, a diploid (2n = 2x = 20) tropical tree, belongs to the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae sensu lato) and order Malvales. It is native to humid topics of the central and northern parts of South America. It is commonly grown in hot, rainy climates between 20°N and 20°S of the equator, with maximum cultivation between ...
Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Kumar, P. Lava
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Productivity, Soil Health, and Tree Diversity in Dynamic Cacao Agroforestry Systems in Ecuador

Land
Agroforestry has the potential to support more resilient livelihoods, soil health, and biodiversity, when compared to monocropping. In Ecuador, the Union of Cacao Peasant Organizations (UNOCACE) has been working with producers since 2016 to transition ...
Summer L. Allen, Lenin Alejandro Robayo, Carla D. Martin, José Lopez Ganem   +3 more
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Identification of Molecular Marker Based on MYB Transcription Factor for the Selection of Indonesian Fine Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.)

Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2018
Indonesia is the third largest cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) producer in the world and also well-known for its fine cacao varieties (Java fine-flavor cacao). Indonesian fine cacao breeding program will be accelerated by early detection of its specific trait
Lukita Devy, Indah Anita-Sari, Tengku Imam Saputra, Agung Wahyu Susilo, Ade Wachjar, . Sobir   +5 more
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Caractéristiques physico-chimiques et phytotoxicité des composts à base des coques de cacao

Revue Marocaine des Sciences Agronomiques et Vétérinaires
La valorisation des coques de cacao par compostage représente une solution durable pour la gestion des déchets agricoles et la production d’amendements organiques.
Bernadette Ohôh ASSOH, Klotioloma COULIBALY, Acka Jacques Alain KOTAIX, Françoise Balé GOGBE-DIBI, Boubacar Ismaël KEBE, Ibrahim KONATE   +5 more
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community-biocuration/cacao-annotations-analysis: CACAO annotation data 2010-2018

, 2021
Code and data used to generate the figures found in CACAO paper preprint at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.30 ...
jrr-cpt, Curtis Ross
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Analyzing the Development of a Sustainable Enterprise in an Emerging Economy: Black Cacau and the Bean‐to‐Bar Philosophy

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) in emerging economies through the case of Black Cacau, a Brazilian bean‐to‐bar enterprise integrating agroforestry, direct trade, and Afro‐Brazilian cultural empowerment. Adapting the Patagonia‐based framework of Allal‐Chérif et al., the study explores how SE operates under conditions of ...
Marcelo Dionisio
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Genetic Structure and Molecular Diversity of Cacao Plants Established as Local Varieties for More than Two Centuries: The Genetic History of Cacao Plantations in Bahia, Brazil.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Bahia is the most important cacao-producing state in Brazil, which is currently the sixth-largest country worldwide to produce cacao seeds. In the eighteenth century, the Comum, Pará and Maranhão varieties of cacao were introduced into southern Bahia ...
Elisa S L Santos, Carlos Bernard M Cerqueira-Silva, Gustavo M Mori, Dário Ahnert, Durval L N Mello, José Luis Pires, Ronan X Corrêa, Anete P de Souza   +7 more
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Growth, Physiological, Nutrient-Uptake-Efficiency and Shade-Tolerance Responses of Cacao Genotypes under Different Shades

Agronomy, 2021
Cacao is an understory plant cultivated in full-sun monocultures, multistrata agroforestry systems, where cacao trees are planted together with fruit, timber, firewood, and leguminous trees, or within thinned native forests.
Enrique Arévalo-Gardini, Abel Farfán, Fiorella Barraza, César O. Arévalo-Hernández, Luis B. Zúñiga-Cernades, Julio Alegre, Virupax C. Baligar   +6 more
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From Global Standards to Local Compliance: Implementation Heterogeneity in Cocoa Certification in Indonesia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certified companies translate voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) into local practice, yet little is known about how company‐level implementation of VSS relates to farmer compliance. This paper examines Rainforest Alliance (RA) implementation by three certified companies in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Drawing on compliance and regulatory
Charline Depoorter, Janne Bemelmans, Eva Boonaert, Axel Marx, Miet Maertens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source