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'Mercedes' cocoa helps Ivorian farmers speed to better harvest
2016-06-14 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Abou Ouattara has grown cocoa for the last 17 years, but luckily the 52-year-old does not have a sweet tooth. I grow cocoa to provide for my family and only eat chocolate to have a taste, said Ouattara, walking around his farm in Ouattaradougou village, around 30 km (18.6 miles) east of Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan. I cannot afford to buy a lot of chocolate because I have a big family and that comes first, he added, noting a small box of chocolate can cost up to 800 CFA francs...
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Cocoa exporter rejections rise on quality of Ivory Coast mid-crop
2016-06-07 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ivory Coast Exporters are rejecting roughly half of cocoa port arrivals from top producer Ivory Coast on quality grounds, adding to problems that are already expected to result in a 180,000 tonne global supply deficit this year. The rejections are because of high acid levels and small bean size, exporters and merchants said, adding that farmers are also struggling to dry beans because of recent heavy rains. Bean size is determined by the number of beans per 100 grammes of cocoa, known as the...
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Mars acquires Ecuadors 485ha cocoa farm
2016-04-14 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
US food company Mars Chocolate has completed the acquisition of the 485ha Hacienda La Chola farm in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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MOVES-France's Axereal picks ADM cocoa manager to head grain trading
2016-03-12 00:36:21| Agriculture - Topix.net
French cooperative Axereal has appointed Nicolas Poyade, previously head of Archer Daniels Midland Co's cocoa business in Ghana, as its new director of grain trading, Axereal said on Friday. Poyade, 37, has worked for ADM's cocoa business for his whole career to date and brings experience of international trading, logistics and industrial processing, Axereal said in a statement.
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General Mills, Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Trix, cereal
2016-03-07 12:15:40| Agriculture - Topix.net
The introduction of cereal as breakfast food began in the mid-1800s as a way to improve a diet that, according to the website nationalcerealday.com , was made up largely of alcohol, protein and caffeine. Michigan has a long history of breakfast cereal innovators with the Kellogg brothers and Charles Post.
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