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Cocoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cacao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cocoa trees grow best in the shade of other trees. When very young, they require deep shade. As they mature, they require more filtered sunlight. Farmers plant a shade umbrella of taller trees such as breadfruit, Para rubber, laurel and various legumes to shelter their cocoa trees.
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Erythroxylum: The Coca Plant ... The coca plant is a member of the order Geraniales and the family Erythroxylaceae. There are four genera with an estimated 200 species in Erythroxylaceae (De Witt, 1967). Coca was first described as Erythroxylum by A.L. Jussieu in 1783. It was given the binomial Erythroxylum coca by Lamarck...
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There are two varieties of cocoa tree, crillo and forastero (and a number of hybrids). The crillo is "finicky", gives fewer pods with fewer seeds per pod. It is also more susceptable to disease, but the beans have more flavour and aroma than those from forastero.
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ADM has this week opened its new cocoa processing plant in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, a project it began in 2006 in a bid to expand and cater to growing demand for cocoa and chocolate materials from manufacturers. ... ADM announced the building of its other new cocoa plant, in Ghana, in June 2007.
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Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to build a new US cocoa processing facility in a move designed to meet growing demand for its cocoa ingredients. ... Pending final permitting approvals, construction of the new plant is set to begin this fall, said the company.
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Paul Naar, head of Cargill's Food Ingredients businesses in Europe, Middle East and Africa said last summer that the plant incorporates some of the latest technology to “ensure Ghanaian cocoa is processed to the highest standards”. ... Cargill opens Ghana cocoa processing plant...
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Related topics: The Big Picture, Processing equipment & plant design ... Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to build a new US cocoa processing facility in a move designed to meet growing demand for its cocoa ingredients.
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Cocoa plant witches' broom is a serious disease caused by the hemibiotrophic fungus Crinipellis perniciosa. This fungus is currently causing severe damage to many cocoa plantations in South America.
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