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Cocoa is a 2018 book by Kristy Leissle, a lecturer in global studies at the University of Washington Bothell. [ 1 ] The book covers cocoa 's history, as well as contemporary production, economics, politics, trade, consumption and geography. [ 2 ]
Cocoa beans and cocoa harvest processing. Ghana's cocoa production grew an average of 16 per cent between 2000 and 2003. [18] Cocoa has a long production cycle, far longer than many other tropical crops, and new hybrid varieties need over five years to come into production, and a further 10 to 15 years for the tree to reach its full bearing potential.
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The Ashanti Region spans an area of 24,389 km 2, and according to the 2000 census, the region had a population of 3,612,950, most of whom (94.2%) were ethnic Akans, of whom 82.9% were ethnic Ashanti. The capital of the region is Kumasi , which with a population of 2,069,350 as of 2013 represents a high level of urbanisation within the state.
Ghana produces high-quality cocoa. [144] It is the second largest producer of cocoa globally and its ICCO membership helps in its international cocoa trade. [145] Ghana is classified as a middle income country. [4] [146] Services account for 50% of GDP, followed by manufacturing (24.1%), extractive industries (5%), and taxes (20.9%). [139]
Cocoa flourishes in areas that are not more than 20 degrees north or south of the equator. [8] The trees respond well in regions with high temperature and distributed rainfall. In Nigeria, the cocoa tree is grown from seedlings which are raised in nurseries, when the seedlings reach a height of 3 cm they are transplanted at a distance of 3 to 4 ...
The cocoa bean, also known as cocoa (/ ˈ k oʊ. k oʊ /) or cacao (/ k ə ˈ k aʊ /), [1] is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted. Cacao trees are native to the Amazon rainforest.
The Seventh International Cocoa Agreement was negotiated in Geneva in 2010 and came into force provisionally on 1 October 2012. [2] The ICCO serves as a platform for stakeholders in the global cocoa industry to discuss topics relevant to international cocoa trade. It is a leading source of cocoa statistics globally, with data spanning nearly 70 ...