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Environmental milestone: Tall trees and shade on cocoa farms proves crucial for bat conservation
The researchers surveyed bat diversity on farms with a variety of shade tree cover; they consisted of high shade with more than 65% cover, medium cover between 35 and 65%, and "low shade cocoa ...
Modern Ghana6d
We should pass laws that prevent people from cutting down cocoa trees for mining — President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has urged Parliament to enact legislation that explicitly bans the destruction of cocoa farms ...
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Indonesia’s cocoa farmers work with businesses to fight the bitter impact of climate change
Sitting in the shade of his forest farm in south Sumatra ... which have released a new variant of cocoa that produces more pods per tree. Challenges still remain, said Rajendra Aryal, the FAO’s ...
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Mahama advocates for law to protect cocoa farms from galamsey activities
President John Dramani Mahama has called for the passage of a legislation that would strictly prohibit the destruction of ...
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Cocoa farming in Kenya
The fruit of the cocoa tree is a pod full of sweet pulp enfolding ... The crop has a lifespan of between 30 to 100 years if well taken care of. Farm practices to enhance it's growing include ...
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Indonesia's cocoa farmers work with businesses to fight the bitter impact of climate change
Sitting in the shade of his forest farm in south Sumatra ... which have released a new variant of cocoa that produces more pods per tree. Challenges still remain, said Rajendra Aryal, the FAO's ...