Directory of Cocoa Resources

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The cultivation of Theobroma cacao and the production of cocoa and chocolate.

Resources in This Category

• About Cocoa

  http://dacnet.nic.in/cashewcocoa/ctech.htm#about
  Information on growing this tropical tree with illustrated instructions for its propagation by budding. Also instructions for harvesting the crop and rejuvenating old trees.

• Cocoa Producers' Alliance

  http://www.copal-cpa.org/
  Intergovernmental organization founded by Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil, Ivory Coast and Cameroon, aiming to exchange information, increase cooperation, maintain supplies and promote consumption.

• International Cocoa Germplasm Database

  http://www.icgd.rdg.ac.uk/
  Information on ICGD, based at the University of Reading, UK.

• International Cocoa Initiative

  http://www.cocoainitiative.org/
  Partnership between NGOs, labour unions, cocoa processors and the major chocolate brands with the aim of changing the way cocoa is grown.

• The Food of the Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa

  http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16035/16035-h/16035-h.htm
  Online illustrated book by Brandon Head on cocoa, its growth and cultivation, its manufacture and history.

• Theobroma cacao: The Tree of Life

  http://www.amanochocolate.com/articles/theobromacacao.html
  Photographs and information on the history of this tree, the necessary climate for its growth, the varieties available and its propagation.

• Witch’s Broom and Frosty Pods: Threats to World Cacao Production

  http://users.aber.ac.uk/gwg/pdf/griffith-wbdbiologist.pdf
  Article by Gareth Griffith on these two pathogens that have caused havoc in the cacao industry.

• World Cocoa Foundation

  http://www.worldcocoafoundation.org/
  This organisation aims to encourage responsible sustainable cocoa farming and raise farmers’ incomes.

 

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