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Cocoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Children in cocoa production - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The widespread use of child labour in cocoa production is controversial not only because of the usual concerns about child labor and exploitation, but also because many of the children working in th...
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ICCO's attention to cocoa production is the mirror image of its work on cocoa consumption. Issues such as the environment as well as economic and social sustainability play prominent roles in cocoa production.
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WORLD COCOA BEANS PRODUCTION(1) ... 1 Estimates for the production year October-September. 2 Includes Belize, Dominica, St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. 3 Includes some cocoa marketed from Ghana. 4 Includes some cocoa marketed from Cote d'lvoire.
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Data of cocoa production, consumption, and value referred to in the text are graphed here: ... World Cocoa Production, Demand, and Trading Prices ... Variation in production in the Ten largest Cocoa-Producing Countries, 1996-2000...
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nTrends in global cocoa production ... Global cocoa production is highly concentrated ... Share of World Cocoa Production by Country, 1999/00...
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Ghana's cocoa industry experienced a low in the 1980s with cocoa production at 150,000 tonnes in 1983. Low prices and poorly motivated cocoa farmers switched over to competing crops, further aggravating the problems of inefficiency and under-investment.
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Major Swiss cocoa processor Barry Callebaut has expanded operations at a factory in Ghana - doubling the facility's bean processing capacity. ... According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) rival cocoa processor Cargill is also expected to begin production at Tema with a factory due to open by the end of this year.
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Drying their cocoa using solar rather than gas powered dryers and selling their product through a cooperative, with technical assistance from C&D, these farmers have increased their production and lowered their costs, resulting in better living conditions for their families.
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It's a method that may well help small farmers in this and other developing countries better compete in the global cocoa market. Cocoa quality depends on several factors, including the beans' moisture content (generallly, drier is better) and the absence of mold and fungi.
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