Equateur : la filière cacao, bilan et perspectives [PDF]
Ancien premier pays producteur mondial de cacao, l'Equateur demeure, avec 85.000 t en 1993-1994, le plus important fournisseur potentiel de cacaos fins. Le cacao équatorien traverse actuellement une grave crise due à la dégradation de la qualité et à la ...
Petithuguenin, Philippe, Roche, Gilles
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Biographical Paths of the Italians in the Ecuador since the End of the 19th Century to the First Half of the 20th Century [PDF]
En este artículo pretendo reconstruir las trayectorias biográficas y las redes migratorias del grupo italiano presente en Ecuador a finales del siglo XIX y primera mitad del siglo XX.
Pagnotta, Chiara
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An overview of the physical and biochemical transformation of cocoa seeds to beans and to chocolate: Flavor formation [PDF]
Source Agritrop Cirad (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/594161/)International audienceChocolate is a widely consumed product worldwide due to its exquisite flavor, which comes from the unique and fascinating cocoa flavor.
Escobar Parra, Sebastian +3 more
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The Evolutionary Dynamics of Genetic Mutational Load Throughout Tomato Domestication History
ABSTRACT Understanding the impact of domestication on deleterious mutations has fascinated evolutionary biologists and breeders alike. A ‘cost of domestication’ has been reported for some organisms through accumulation of gene disruptions or radical amino acid changes.
Hamid Razifard +6 more
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Setting up an organic cocoa sector in Sao Tome [PDF]
This paper concerns the creation of an organic cocoa sector on the island of Sao Tome, Africa. Cocoa was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century and the Portuguese colonizer quickly began growing it in monoculture.
Dulcire, Michel, Roche, Gilles
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The Effect of Swiss Free Trade Agreements on Agricultural Trade
ABSTRACT As a country highly dependent on imports, Switzerland has many free trade agreements (FTAs) that liberalise trade barriers. We assess how these agreements affect Swiss agricultural imports at different margins of trade adjustment. We estimate reduced‐form gravity models using agricultural trade data for 202 partner countries from 2004 to 2022.
Dela‐Dem Doe Fiankor +3 more
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Technical guidelines for the safe movement of cacao germplasm. Revised from the FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines No. 20 (Third Update, October 2017) [PDF]
These guidelines describe technical procedures that minimize the risk of pest introductions with movement of cacao germplasm for research, crop improvement, plant breeding, exploration or conservation. The recommendations made in these guidelines are
Bioversity International +4 more
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Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to provide support in the framework of Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 for the preparation of the EU position for 56th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR). In the current report, EFSA provided comments and recommendations on the Codex maximum residue limit (CXL) proposals ...
EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
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Moniliophthora roreri is a pathogen of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) that causes high economic losses in Ecuador. This paper is intended to present a protocol for the isolation of the pathogen from cocoa fruits cv.
Karina Carrera-Sánchez +2 more
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The American species of the annulatipes group of the subgenus Lepidohelea, genus Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) [PDF]
The annulatipes group of the genus Forcipomyia Meigen, subgenus Lepidohelea Kieffer, is represented in the Western Hemisphere by 12 species. Keys are presented for their identification, and to distinguish them from other groups of the subgenus ...
Spinelli, Gustavo R., Wirth, Willis W.
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