During the late 1980s, the Cameroonian cocoa sector was controlled by the government in their attempt to stabilise farm income by setting an average purchase price for raw cocoa. This system collapsed around 1987, when there was a drastic fall in the world price of cocoa and the government ...
Despite increased profitability, Avient carries a substantial debt load of $2.1 billion and $146 million in environmental liabilities. AVNT EARNINGS MEDIUM Hershey's Annual Report: 130% Cocoa Price Surge Threatens Margin Gains Hershey's annual earnings show strong profit growth offset by sales ...
Drought stress is a significant global challenge that negatively impacts cotton fiber yield and quality. Although many drought-stress responsive genes have been identified in cotton species (Gossypium spp.), the diversity of drought response mechanisms across cotton species remains largely unexplored. This...
The coffee industry is heavily dependent on water, not just for growing coffee but also in the processing stages. Water scarcity in key coffee-growing regions can jeopardize crop yields and quality. Similarly, other resources like dairy and cocoa are also at risk due to environmental changes, in...
Over seventy years of a viral disease of cocoa in Ghana: from researchers' perspective. Virus diseases have plagued cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production in West Africa for over seven decades. Principal among them is that caused by the cocoa swol... H Dzahini-Obiatey,O Domfeh,FM Amoah - 《...
Antwi E, Engler N, Nelles M, Schüch A (2019) Anaerobic digestion and the effect of hydrothermal pretreatment on the biogas yield of cocoa pods residues. Waste Manage 88:131–140 Article CAS Google Scholar Augustine A (2021) Spent tea waste as a biomass for co-gasification enhances the pe...
Increasing Importance of Logistics Management in the U.S.’s Largest Crop Production Corn, the most widely produced crop in the U.S., relies heavily on logistics management to ensure farmers receive the necessary resources to feed the world. But due to various planting seasons, corn is grown ...
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address the industry’s growing carbon footprint [62]. Nevertheless, farmers and industry are reluctant to transition to more sustainable methods because of large initial investments and higher labor costs; production yields of regenerative fields are 29% lower than those of conventional farming [63]...
These changes may sometimes be in favor of the organization, but sometimes are major bottlenecks to production in certain countries. For. e.g. The change in labor laws, which prohibit/shun the use of child labor in cocoa farms are getting stringent, which according to reports will affect the...