CocoaThe fourth edition of this highly regarded book has been considerably enlarged to cover all aspects of cocoa production. Higher prices for cocoa have led to much new knowledge about the plant and changes to its methods of production. These are discussed, along with new problems that have occurred and the fresh research projects that have been needed. |
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... Amazon and Amelonado beans during a heap fermentation. 177 182 202 375 376 377 377 377 386 387 389 389 390 394 399 401 404 407 411 412 414 416 418 420 420 423 445 446 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig ...
... Amazon and Amelonado beans during a heap fermentation. 177 182 202 375 376 377 377 377 386 387 389 389 390 394 399 401 404 407 411 412 414 416 418 420 420 423 445 446 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig ...
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... Amazon arfd Amelonado beans during a heap fermentation. Monthly variation in recovery and dry bean weight on a farm in Ecuador. Seasonal changes in bean weight in Nigeria. Seasonal changes in quality of beans from one area in India in ...
... Amazon arfd Amelonado beans during a heap fermentation. Monthly variation in recovery and dry bean weight on a farm in Ecuador. Seasonal changes in bean weight in Nigeria. Seasonal changes in quality of beans from one area in India in ...
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... Amazon basin and other tropical areas of South and Central America. There are over twenty species in the genus but the cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao, is the only one cultivated widely. The headwaters of the Amazon basin have been said to ...
... Amazon basin and other tropical areas of South and Central America. There are over twenty species in the genus but the cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao, is the only one cultivated widely. The headwaters of the Amazon basin have been said to ...
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... and article of commerce in the early sixteenth century but we do not know how it reached Central America from its supposed origin in the Amazon basin. The main cocoa areas at the beginning of the 2 History and development.
... and article of commerce in the early sixteenth century but we do not know how it reached Central America from its supposed origin in the Amazon basin. The main cocoa areas at the beginning of the 2 History and development.
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... Amazon basin and when exports began in the eighteenth century much of the cocoa was collected from wild trees known as cacao bravo. The planting of cocoa in the Amazon basin started in the seventeenth century, but plantings suffered ...
... Amazon basin and when exports began in the eighteenth century much of the cocoa was collected from wild trees known as cacao bravo. The planting of cocoa in the Amazon basin started in the seventeenth century, but plantings suffered ...
Contents
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4 Planting material | 80 |
5 Propagation | 93 |
6 Establishment | 119 |
7 Shade and nutrition | 166 |
8 Maintenance and improvement of mature cocoa farms | 195 |
13 From harvest to store | 444 |
14 Quality and inspection | 505 |
15 Marketing | 528 |
16 Production | 543 |
17 Consumption and manufacture | 587 |
APPENDIX 1 Visual symptoms of mineral malnutrition | 598 |
APPENDIX 2 International Cocoa Standards | 601 |
APPENDIX 3 Conversion factors | 607 |
9 Replanting and rehabilitation of old cocoa farms | 210 |
10 Labour usage | 234 |
11 Diseases | 265 |
12 Insects and cocoa | 366 |
APPENDIX 4 Publications on cocoa | 608 |
INDEX | 610 |
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