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Extending the processing of cocoa beans into the rainy season and increasing production by application of newly developed drying methods

, 2017
The purpose of research paper was to develop on a large and affordable scale new cocoa drying sheds using only locally available hardware at zero cost to the farmer. To duplicate in all cocoa farming locations and processing hamlets, the MEXICATEL drying
IQUAIBOM AKPAN MEX (MEXICATEL SERVICES LIMITED, Global Cocoa Farmers and Processing Firms, IQUAIBOM AKPAN MEX (MEXICATEL SERVICES LIMITED), Global Cocoa Farmers and Processing Firms and Processing Firms   +3 more
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Demand for Indonesian cocoa beans in a dilemma: Case study Malaysian market

Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 2019
Indonesian cocoa industry has been transforming into a processed cocoa exporter by imposing export taxes. The policy has managed to increase exports of processed cocoa and decreased cocoa bean exports. However, overall export value of cocoa commodities (
Awan Setya Dewanta
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Strategic framing of novel ideas: How contestation shapes the evolution of novelty

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurs use strategic framing to gain support for their novel ventures, products, and services. A key challenge entrepreneurs face is that audiences often contest frames that introduce novel ideas, especially when these ideas disrupt audiences' mental and business models.
Janina Klein, Elco van Burg, Christine Moser   +2 more
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Impact of cocoa variety on merchant quality and physicochemical characteristics of raw cocoa beans and roasted cocoa mass

Discover Food
Cocoa, a widely cultivated crop in tropical countries, is a crucial raw material in the food industry, particularly in chocolate production. Its quality is influenced by various factors, including variety, cultivation practices, fermentation, and drying.
Surprise Moussoyi Moundanga, Jérémy Petit, Chancelle Betty Ndangui, Joël Scher, Jean-Mathurin Nzikou   +4 more
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Family meals for future health: A life‐course approach to type 2 diabetes risk reduction after gestational diabetes

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
The potential role of family meals in a life‐course approach to type 2 diabetes risk‐reduction after gestational diabetes. Abstract Aims Gestational diabetes (GDM) more than doubles maternal and child risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Post‐GDM, a life‐course approach to T2D risk reduction includes family nutrition‐focused health promotion.
Eloise Litterbach, Alison C. Spence, Georgia Middleton, Jane Speight, Elizabeth Holmes‐Truscott   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Study of Solar Drying of Cocoa Beans: Two Methods Used in Colombian Rural Areas

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
In Colombia, the production of cocoa beans is an important export business classified as “fine cocoa” type by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO). Drying for agricultural products is one of the most cost-effective applications of solar energy and
J. Puello-Mendez, P. Meza Castellar, L. Cortes Ocana, L. Bossa, E. Sanjuan, H.A. Lambis-Miranda, L. Villamizar   +6 more
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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf, Christianah Oyenpemi, Christine Bosch, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail   +5 more
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Two molecules newly identified by Mass Spectrometry in fermented cocoa beans impact chocolate sensory quality [PDF]

, 2017
Polyphenols are a wide and diverse group of plant secondary metabolites found in large amount in cocoa beans. They can be further modified under specific conditions such as fermentation or oxidation.
Vallverdu-Queralt, Anna, Hue, Clotilde, Sommerer, Nicolas, Boulanger, Renaud, Boulet, Jean-Claude, Roger, Jean-Michel, Cheynier, Véronique, Fayeulle, Noémie, Meudec, Emmanuelle   +8 more
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UTILIZATION OF ICTS IN ACCESSING COCOA BEANS MARKET INFORMATION BY CROSS RIVER STATE FARMERS [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2020
The research work investigated farmers’ level of use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in accessing cocoa beans market information in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Anthony Eghe AGBONGIARHUOYI, Kehinde Adesina THOMAS, Eghosa Osas UWAGBOE, Busayo Solomon FAMUYIWA   +3 more
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Scaling Social Impact at Tony's Chocolonely: How Interactional Dynamics Shape Social Innovation Processes and Drive Institutional Change

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social enterprises are frontrunners in social innovation, yet our understanding of how they can scale their social impact beyond local, contained contexts remains nascent. To transform the institutional environment that gives rise to social problems, social enterprises must mobilize actors with divergent interests, values, and beliefs to ...
Janina Klein, Christine Moser, Elco van Burg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source