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Wearing rubber boots and a sharp machete, Nidia Chávez enters the plantation to harvest the “better” cocoa of Venezuelaalso called in his town the “black gold” that feeds them It is a term that is normally reserved for oil, which is also abundant in this Caribbean country. But in Chuao, Aragua state (central-north), cocoa is […]
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Opportunity for Peru? Shortage of rains raises fears of limited cocoa supply in the Ivory Coast
Below-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions raise fears of tight supplies and poor quality of the April-September mid-crop, farmers said Monday. The Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, has started its rainy season, which runs from April to mid-November. Most farmers say that the rains are not meeting expectations. […]
Cocoa, from raw material to forest conservation agent in Ecuador
Cocoa, that small grain with multiple properties and a thousand-use raw material, transcends the culinary, food or cosmetic field to become an agent of forest conservation in Ecuador. In addition to being the first exporter of cocoa beans from America, Ecuador this year became the pioneer in the export of deforestation-free organic fine aroma cocoa. […]