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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"Cocoa"”.
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Improving Cocoa Production Through Lean: A Case Study of the Ghanaian Cocoa Industry
<p>Cocoa has been useful in several ways, especially to countries that produce it and consumers all over the world. Its benefits range from improving economies to satisfying millions all over the world who desire one cocoa product or the other. The production of cocoa however is not without its own …
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Cocoa in the Ghanaian economy.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 1965
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Trade liberalisation, globalisation and the cocoa industry in Ghana: the case of the smallholder cocoa farmers
… the impact of the “meso model” on Ghana’s cocoa sector in general and the practices and opportunities for smallholder cocoa farmers in particular. Additionally, Ghana’s efforts to embrace globalisation are examined. The theoretical framework of this thesis is the neo-structuralism paradigm …
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Export Strategies for Ivory Coast Cocoa
Cocoa is a vital export commodity to the Ivory Coast. Cocoa revenues have recently started a declining trend, following a similar pattern in prices. Because of these circumstances, this study proposes to the Ivory Coast a set of export strategies in non-competitive and non-cooperative market …
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A civic center for Cocoa, Florida
Thesis (B.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1957.
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Evaluation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) bean processing strategies to enhance alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity of dietary cocoa
Cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao) are a highly concentrated source of dietary flavanols- bioactive compounds associated with the health protective properties of cocoa. Cocoa beans undergo processing steps, such as fermentation, roasting, winnowing, grinding, pressing, etc., to produce a final product …
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Management of the cocoa industry in Nigeria.
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston University
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The dynamics of the world cocoa market.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics and Social Science. Thesis. 1965. Ph.D.
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Cocoa yield, nutrients and shade trees in traditional cocoa agroforests in a climate change context: a case study in Bahia, Brazil
Brazil is the world’s sixth largest cocoa producer with 270,000 tonnes of cocoa produced per year. In a world with an increasing demand for chocolate, but with agriculture threatened by climate change, the chocolate industry is worried about a possible shortage of cocoa. Furthermore, growing cocoa …
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The decline of sugar production and the rise of cocoa production in Grenada 1870-1917: the changing fortunes of a cocoa peasantry
… production to small-scale peasant cultivation of cocoa in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Much of the written history concerning post-emancipation society in the Caribbean has tended to underline the collective impoverishment following the decline of sugar production. Furthermore, …
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Structural adjustment and international commodity markets: The case of cocoa
… the changes that have occurred in the world cocoa market, explains these changes and deduces implications for development policy. Supply of cocoa to the world market has increased and the world price of cocoa is decreasing. Cocoa is an important export commodity for Sub-Saharan African …
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Soil and Water Management Practices in Cocoa Production in Ghana and Ecuador
This study contributes to the literature on cocoa production and sustainability by documenting soil and water management practices (SWMPs), based on local knowledge, in Ghana and Ecuador. The study examines farmers’ perceptions of climate change and its impacts on cocoa production, soil and …
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The effects of cocoa flavanol supplementation on endothelial function and exercise performance.
Cocoa flavanols have gained attention from beneficial effects on endothelial function and exercise performance, especially in clinical populations. Few studies have utilized healthy college-aged adults. Twenty college-aged males and females completed this randomized, double-blind study. …
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Stabilizing export revenue through futures markets: an application to cocoa exporting countries
… lower variance in revenue using the data from cocoa markets in London and New York. Data for four representative cocoa producers were analysed to develop strategies that reduce the variance in revenue. Two hedging strategies based on optimal hedge ratio concept and three selective strategies …
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Oligomeric cocoa procyanidins possess enhanced bioactivity compared to monomeric and polymeric cocoa procyanidins for preventing the development of obesity, insulin resistance, and impaired glucose tolerance during high-fat feeding
… to have many beneficial effects on the body. Cocoa is a major source of these flavanols. However, research on the potential anti-obesity and anti-diabetic health benefits of cocoa flavanols is lacking in the literature. Furthermore, the effect that the size of these flavanols has on the extent …
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An experimental and theoretical investigation of the migration of moisture in cocoa beans
… in hygroscopic porous materials, in particular, cocoa beans. The aim of the research has been to determine experimentally the bulk moisture diffusion coefficient for cocoa, and, by quantifying it, to investigate the contribution of such diffusion to wetting and mould damage that has occurred on …
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International Risk Management: The Case of Cocoa and Coffee in the Ivory Coast
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.
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A Viscous Law and the Sticky Bodies of Cocoa: For a cosmopoetics of justice
… which concentrates an important part of the cocoa production in that country, and also the place where I come from. I use an autoethnographic approach to explore the history of the formation of my native village – Florestal, district of the city of Jequié – around the production of cocoa and …
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Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Obesity Activities of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) via Physiological Enzyme Inhibition
Fermentation and roasting of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) decrease levels of polyphenolic flavanol compounds. However, it is largely unknown how these changes in polyphenol levels caused by processing affect cocoa's anti-diabetic and anti-obesity bioactivities, such as inhibition of certain enzymes in …
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