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Antioxidants in Cocoa [PDF]

, 2021
This Special Issue comprises articles related to the effects of genotype and processing conditions on the phenolic compound profile and antioxidant activity of cocoa-derived products, isolation and characterization of antioxidant compounds such as ...

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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of cocoa insect pests and damage and the implications for pest management on cocoa in Ghana

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2021
Annual losses of cocoa in Ghana to insect pests are significant. The use of integrated pest management (IPM) tools is critical for effective pest management.
Godfred Kweku Awudzi, Richard Adu-Acheampong, Silas Wintuma Avicor, Yahaya Bukari, Millicent Adomaa Yeboah, Edmond Kwadwo Oti Boateng, Stephen Kwame Ahadzi   +6 more
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Cocoa Bean Shell—A By-Product with Nutritional Properties and Biofunctional Potential

Nutrients, 2020
Cocoa bean shells (CBS) are one of the main by-products from the transformation of cocoa beans, representing 10%‒17% of the total cocoa bean weight. Hence, their disposal could lead to environmental and economic issues.
O. Rojo-Poveda, L. Barbosa-Pereira, G. Zeppa, Caroline Stévigny   +3 more
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Does social capital improve farm productivity and food security? Evidence from cocoa-based farming households in Southwestern Nigeria

Heliyon, 2021
This study investigated the impact of social capital on farm productivity and food security among cocoa-based farming households in Southwestern, Nigeria.
A. Kehinde, R. Adeyemo, A. Ogundeji
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Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Content Partitioning of Cocoa Tree Parts in Serian, Sarawak

Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2017
Many claim that commodity plantations release carbon stock and thus contribute to climate change effects. Yet, studies on cocoa carbon stock and nutrients are limited, especially in Malaysia therefore, objective of this study was to determine if there ...
A Nurafiza, Y.K Tee, M Boney, L.S Albert, O Rozita, I Isa   +5 more
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Cocoa agroforestry systems versus monocultures: a multi-dimensional meta-analysis

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Scientific knowledge, societal debates, and industry commitments around sustainable cocoa are increasing. Cocoa agroforestry systems are supposed to improve the sustainability of cocoa production.
W. Niether, J. Jacobi, W. Blaser, C. Andres, L. Armengot   +4 more
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Knowledge, perception, and pesticide application practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in four Ghanaian cocoa-growing regions

Toxicology Reports, 2022
Pesticides are widely used in Ghana, especially in cocoa farming. However, the practice is suboptimal and unsupervised. Incorrect use of these chemicals can seriously harm human health, the environment, and economies that rely on these farmers' output ...
K. Boateng, E. Dankyi, I. Amponsah, G. Awudzi, E. Amponsah, Godfred Darko   +5 more
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Preventive Effects of Cocoa and Cocoa Antioxidants in Colon Cancer [PDF]

Diseases, 2016
Colorectal cancer is one of the main causes of cancer-related mortality in the developed world. Carcinogenesis is a multistage process conventionally defined by the initiation, promotion and progression stages. Natural polyphenolic compounds can act as highly effective antioxidant and chemo-preventive agents able to interfere at the three stages of ...
María Martín, Luis Goya, Sonia Ramos
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Genotypic characterization of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) clones using agro‐morphological traits

Plant-Environment Interactions, 2020
High cropping efficiency implies that high yields are obtained from reasonably sized trees. We studied the general and specific combining ability (GCA and SCA) of selected cashew clones of Brazilian (A), Beninese (BE), and Ghanaian (SG) background for ...
Paul K. K. Adu‐Gyamfi, Abraham Akpertey, Michael Barnnor, Atta Ofori, Francis Padi   +4 more
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Transparency, traceability and deforestation in the Ivorian cocoa supply chain

agriRxiv, 2022
Cocoa production has been identified as a major global driver of deforestation, but its precise contribution to deforestation dynamics in West Africa remains unclear. It is also unknown to what degree companies and international markets are able to trace
Cécile Renier, Mathil Vandromme, P. Meyfroidt, V. Ribeiro, Nikolai Kalischek, Erasmus zu Ermgassen   +5 more
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