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Demystifying The Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
The Netherlands-based Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) recently completed a study “Demystifying the Cocoa Sector in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire” to answer some basic questions around the household demographics of cocoa farmers, food…
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Knowing Your Cocoa And Its Quality Parametres: Cocoa Butter
Cocoa Butter: The Fat Parametre
You might have heard of the name cocoa butter pomade, chocolate bars, chocolate cake, and chocolate chip ice cream and might not have consciously realized that it is actually coming from cocoa. Of course,…
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5 Health Benefits Of Cocoa I Wish I Knew Years Back
Cocoa is one of many unique and common food items that are highly demanded in our present world.
Extracted from Theobroma Cacao, the cocoa seeds and butter are used for many purposes with demands increasingly intriguing.…
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Achieving Cocoa Trade Quality Standards – The Bean Count Parameter
As part of Ghana Quality Control Company’s mission of facilitating trade in agricultural produce (especially cocoa beans) on the local and international markets through the provision of world-class inspection services, various activities…
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Uncoordinated Business Processes The Bane Of Ghana Cocoa Supply Chain – Dutch Study
Findings of a Dutch university research sighted by Cocoa Post have pointed to poor coordination in business processes as a major challenge confronting Ghana's cocoa sector.
A 3-member team of researchers from Wageningen University and…
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Ghana Ratifies ILO Conventions To End Child Labour On Cocoa Farms
ILO Conventions No. 138 on the minimum age for employment and Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour have been ratified by Ghana as part of activities marking the 2020 World Day against Child Labour.
Ghana's ratification of…
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How to Deliver Real Sustainability in the Cocoa Sector? Collaborative Development Governance
Long-term sustainability for the cocoa sector is a major challenge. But rather than relying solely on price premiums, the solution is to think bigger, and admit the industry itself needs serious reform on the ground, argue Peter Stanbury…
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Knowing Your Cocoa and Its Quality Parameters: The pH Factor
THE PH FACTOR
Whether a liquid is acidic, basic, or neutral is measured by a quantity called pH. pH is a measure of how much hydrogen, in an ionic form, is in a solution.
pH measurements are put on a scale from 1-14, with 1 being…
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World Economic Forum: Exploring How Cocoa Farming Can Help Stop Deforestation
• Increasing demand for agricultural land putting pressure on forests.
• High proportion of cocoa smallholdings means doubly acute pressure.
• Digital farming tools can help identify farmable forest areas.
The world’s food…
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Knowing Your Cocoa and Its Quality Parametres: Free Fatty Acids
Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean. It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals.
Cocoa butter has a cocoa flavour and…
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