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Tag Archives: cacao
Cocoa prices are surging, but cocoa farmers are still making a pittance
argylesock says… Chocolate tastes so good, but it’s not so sweet for the smallholders who grow it. You can scroll down for info about other tropical commodity crops.
Posted in agriculture, money and trade
Tagged cacao, cash crop, coffee, commodity crop, farmer, palm oil, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, rubber, shrub, smallholder, sugar cane, trade, tree
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Green Rush to carve up Africa
‘There is a gold rush happening in Ethiopia, but it’s not a hunt for the yellow metal. It’s a quest for the green gold of fertile farmland.’ So says Richard Schiffman at Farmland Grab. ‘A nation more associated with periodic … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged access to food, access to land, agroecology, banana, biofuel, cacao, coffee, crop, development, export, farmer, food security, fruit, grain, history, knowledge, land grab, legume, palm, palm oil, pastoral, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, rice, smallholder, soya, staple food, sustainable, trade, wheat
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Celebrating World Chocolate Day (while we still can!)
Originally posted on Sciencelens:
We all love chocolate, don’t we? So much so, that there’s a whole host of chocolate-y celebrations out there – National Chocolate Day, International Chocolate Day, days for different flavours chocolate… Forced to pick one date,…
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Tagged arboriculture, biotechnology, cacao, cash crop, climate, crop, disease, genetic modification, plant_dicot, selective breeding, trade, tree
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Where chocolate comes from
Chocolate… a food of joy and power. There are people who can take it or leave it, but I find that those people are in a minority. For the rest of us in the rich world, it may feel like … Continue reading
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Tagged arboriculture, biotechnology, cacao, cash crop, crop, farm, food processing, genetic modification, myth, plant_dicot, research, trade, tree
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