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Influence of Milling Process of Roasted Cocoa Beans on Size Distribution Change of Cocoa Cotyledon
Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2007 One of important steps in secondarycocoa process is deshelling cocoa beans roasted. The aim of deshelling is to enrich cotyledon cocoa surface area which affects to reduce energy and processing time with good quality of the chocolate product.
Sukrisno Widyotomo +2 more
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Market organisation and the process of economic development: the case of the partially liberalised cocoa market in Ghana. [PDF]
Within the last twenty years the link between market organisation and development has come under increased scrutiny in response to the implementation of World Bank liberalisation policies across many of sub-Saharan Africa's agriculture markets.
Granleese, Michael
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Implementation evaluation of cocoa hand pollination program in Ghana [PDF]
Coffee and Cocoa Research JournalThe study examines the Cocoa Hand Pollination Program (CHPP) and its potential to revolutionize cocoa farming in Ghana's cocoa industry. The study employed an exploratory research design, collecting primary data through structured questionnaires from ...
Solomon Asirifi +6 more
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Antioxidants, 2020 Cocoa beans are the seeds of the tropical tree Theobroma cacao L [...]
Joanna Oracz, Dorota Żyżelewicz
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Structure and labor use pattern among cocoa farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria
Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2023 Human labour is about the only main source of labour available to smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Smallholder farmers contribute over 85% of domestic agricultural output in Nigeria, hence, human labour accounts for the domestic food supply in Nigeria ...
Yetunde Olasimbo Mary Oladokun +2 more
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Cash crops and food security: evidence from smallholder cocoa and cashew farmers in Ghana
Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 Food security is a major development concern worldwide. The use of arable lands to grow cash crops raises additional concerns, yet empirical evidence on the relationship between cash cropping and food security remains inconclusive. Using survey data from
Ishmael Hashmiu, O. Agbenyega, E. Dawoe
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Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 Cocoa contributes immensely to Nigeria’s economy; it is about 40% of agricultural exports and it is the main source of livelihood for over 200,000 rural households.
A. Kehinde, A. Ogundeji
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FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2020 Cured cocoa beans are obtained through a post-harvest, batchwise process of fermentation and drying carried out on farms in the equatorial zone. Fermentation of cocoa pulp-bean mass is performed mainly in heaps or boxes.
L. De Vuyst, F. Leroy
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Fermentation, 2022 During the fermentation of cocoa beans, the yeasts produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Through reactions associated with amino acid metabolism, yeasts generate important aroma precursors as acetate esters and fatty acid ethyl esters are essential ...
Hugo Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ríos +8 more
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Dynamics of cocoa fermentation and its effect on quality
Scientific Reports, 2021 Several research efforts on cocoa have been focused on parameters for controlling the transformation process to guarantee homogeneity and quality of cocoa beans, the main raw material in the chocolate industry.
A. Calvo +5 more
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