More than one-third of the population in PNG including Bougainville lives below the World Bank estimate of $1.90 per day required for basic needs [2]. Improving cocoa farmer's livelihoods is key to growing Bougainville's economy and supporting country status. The term livelihood is used to ...
The millions of farm workers in the Global South are an important resource for smallholder producers. However, research on their labour organisation is limited. This article focuses on smallholder farm workers in Ghana's cocoa sector, drawing on insights from qualitative intervi...
Moisturizers contemplated for use in compositions include, but are not limited to, occlusive moisturizers, such as, for example, hydrocarbon oils and waxes, petroleum jelly, silicone oils, silicone derivatives, vegetable and animal fats, cocoa butter, mineral oil, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, lanolin...
In the big picture, I am so grateful for the new life growing inside of me. Feeling her move and grow brings me so much joy. However, pregnancy is also a time of stress. It can be overwhelming and draining to handle day after day. That is so much more true for people with a chro...
Keeping the reactor free of foreign organisms is especially important for slow-growing cultures that can be quickly overrun by contamination. Fermenters must be capable of operating aseptically for a number of days, sometimes months. Typically, 3–5% of fermentations in an industrial plant are ...
Cocoa Beach ocean temperatures now average 62 degrees.Related Story:BREVARD HISTORY: A Growing Port Canaveral For a Growth Market — The Third DecadeWAVE HEIGHT MAPSSaturday • Playalinda … 3-4 ft • Water temp … 71 • Cape Canaveral … 2 ft • Cocoa Beach … 2-3...
of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. Practicaly all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hider, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit...
CocoaGhanaGLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKSVALUE CHAINSAGENCYPOWERGENDERThe millions of farm workers in the Global South are an important resource for smallholder producers. However, research on their labour organisation is limited. This article focuses on smallholder farm workers in Ghana's cocoa sector, ...
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Crop ImprovementAnim-Kwapong, E., Anim-Kwapong, G. J., & Adomako, B. (2011a). Indirect versus direct selection of adaptable genotypes of Coffea canephora for drought stress and non-stress conditions. J. Crop Improv., 25, ...
While solar power applications are growing rapidly worldwide, information about solar energy availability, its characteristics and the factors that affect it are essential. Among other parameters, a reference spectrum (ASTMG-173-03) is adopted, relying on Standard Test Conditions (STC), under which...