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Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2022 Self-Supervised Learning (SSL) is a new paradigm for learning discriminative representations without labeled data, and has reached comparable or even state-of-the-art results in comparison to supervised counterparts.
Shohreh Deldari +4 more
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Economic Analysis of Cocoa Production Cropping Pattern in Nigeria, West Africa
Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2023 Cocoa is the most prominent export crop in Nigeria in terms of its production and export capacities. There is dearth of literature on the profitability of the different cropping systems.
Yetunde Olasimbo Mary Oladokun +3 more
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Cocoa plantations are associated with deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Nature Food, 2023 Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s largest producers of cocoa, account for two thirds of the global cocoa production. In both countries, cocoa is the primary perennial crop, providing income to almost two million farmers.
Nikolai Kalischek +9 more
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International journal of food Science, 2023 The chemical composition and sensory profile of cocoa beans are essential factors determining the quality of cocoa-based products. In this study, cocoa bean samples were collected from various regions of Indonesia, including Aceh, Banten, Bali, East Java,
Ariza Budi Tunjung Sari +10 more
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Cocoa By-Products: Characterization of Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Health Effects
Molecules, 2022 The annual production of cocoa is approximately 4.7 million tons of cocoa beans, of which only 10% corresponds to the cocoa bean and the remaining value corresponds to a high number of residues, cocoa bean shell, pulp and husk.
Thiago F. Soares, M. B. Oliveira
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Sexual incompatibility among kola genotypes accounted for over 50% yield loss. Compatible and high yielding varieties are in demand to develop commercial orchards.
Daniel Nyadanu +5 more
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Talanta: The International Journal of Pure and Applied Analytical Chemistry, 2023 The determination of the cocoa shell content is of interest because a high shell content causes a reduction in the quality of cocoa products. Consequently, the aim of the present study was the development of a routinely applicable method for the ...
Alissa Drees +3 more
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Survival of mushrooms and termites upon pesticide exposure in the cocoa agro-ecosystem
Journal of Tropical Life Science, 2023 Pesticides have become integral parts of cocoa cultivation for the management of insect pests and fungal pathogens which cause significant damage to the crop. However, continuous pesticides usage in the cocoa agro-ecosystem is of concern due to perceived
Eric Asare Kumi +6 more
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 Despite the health benefits associated with the ingestion of the bioactive compounds in cocoa, the high concentrations of polyphenols and methylxanthines in the raw cocoa beans negatively influence the taste, confer the astringency and bitterness, and ...
L. Goya +2 more
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Bioactive Compounds from Cocoa Husk: Extraction, Analysis and Applications in Food Production Chain
Foods, 2022 Cocoa husk is considered a waste product after cocoa processing and creates environmental issues. These waste products are rich in polyphenols, methylxanthine, dietary fibers, and phytosterols, which can be extracted and utilized in various food and ...
T. Belwal +5 more
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