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Cacao Plant Protection – Major Stresses, Disease and Pest of Cacao

]Over the next 30 years, it is expected that cocoa-growing areas may decrease by up to 20–30% globally. This is because cacao plant is already finding it difficult to survive […]

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Cacao tree Pruning

In cacao cultivation, pruning is considered an essential yield-increasing measure. However, the way it affects the growth and yield of the cacao tree and how these are influenced by the […]

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Yield, Harvest, Handling and Storage of Cacao

Around 95% of the total cacao globally is produced by 5-6 million smallholder farmers from Asia, Africa, Australia, and Latin America, owning farms of 2-5 hectares (M.Kozicka et al.,2018). West […]

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Sales, Trading, and Shipping Cocoa Beans

Cocoa is sold to either Local Processing Companies or international grinders. New data from Ghana’s Cocobod (the agency coordinating the Cocoa production sector) showed that processing of the commodity from […]

Smart Farming - AgTech

Mechanical Weeding – Application in Pumpkins

The Importance of Mechanical Weeding in Pumpkin Cultivation Mechanical weeding is a common practice in pumpkin cultivation, and it plays a crucial role in ensuring healthy plant growth and high […]

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How to Start a Vertical Farm

All the steps a farmer needs to consider for starting a vertical farm Vertical farming is considered one of the most innovative cultivation methods in the world. The idea is […]

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What is Vertical Farming?

Pros and Cons of a New Cultivation Way When did Vertical Farming Born? The Vertical Farming concept was born in 2011 in a classroom at Columbia University (N.Y.C.). During a […]

Alternative Proteins

Plant-based foods in the spotlight: unveiling how the new generation of plant-based foods is made

The new generation of plant-based foods is vast and quite realistic. Have you ever wondered how is it possible to mimic eggs or meat without using any ingredients from animals? […]

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Antinutrients in plant-based foods: are they good or bad for our health?

Did you know that soaking beans in water before cooking is good for your health? Besides being a common practice in some cultures, not everyone knows the science behind this […]

Agricultural Insurance and Risk Management

Agricultural Insurance – A Financial Tool for Farmers to Offset and Manage Risk

Agricultural insurance focuses mainly on 4 key lines of agricultural production: crops, forestry, livestock/bloodstock (high value animals such as thoroughbreds), and aquaculture (also known as fish farming). It can also […]

Agricultural Insurance and Risk Management

Insurance – A Financial Tool to Offset and Manage Risk

Insurance is a financial risk transfer mechanism based on the principle of an Insurer (or risk carrier, to whom the Insured transfers part or the totality of a risk – […]

Agricultural Insurance and Risk Management

Risk Management Approaches in Agriculture

Farmers may reduce the impact of a hypothetical future sudden, accidental, and unforeseen shock by systematically identifying, analyzing, and controlling production, operational, market/price, financial, technology, regulatory, infrastructure, and human or […]