History of cocoa
• Cocoa or Xocolatie which
was used by Aztecs.
Cocoa is the dried fully
fermented
Seed of theobrama from
which cocoa solids and
cocoa butter are extracted.
They are the basis of
chocolate. Christopher
Columbus discovered cocoa
beans in America but the
beans did not become
popular in Europe.
THE ORGIN OF COCOA
Kuapa kokoo
Who provides
the most cocoa
Africa is the
continent that
has produced
the most cocoa
In Africa the
countries that
grow cocoa are
Ghana Cote d
ivoire and
Nigeria.
THE RIGHT WEATHER
FOR THE COCOA
West Africa produces
the most cocoa
because they have
good hot weather
only the countries
near the equator
Can grow cocoa it has
the right equipment to
grow cocoa like
shovels it has the right
place on the map 5
degrees south latitude
and 10 degrees east
longitude.
trinitario
bred in Trinidad and
extinction of criollo harder
than criollo with more
flavor than forastero
CRIOLLO
Criollo earliest genotype
grown buy Mayan's
grown in Mexico 53
central America Indonesia
thin skinned pods
pointed.
how tall does the
cocoa tree needs
to be
the cocoa tree
requires from 45 to
200 inches of annual
Rain fall and good
weather it will not
take wide fluctation
of humidity .
The advantages and disadvantages of
international
• The advantages of
international trade 1
international trade
benefits the economy
of countries 2 people
get new jobs 3 more
variety and quality of
products become
available.4 social
welfare .
• The Disadvantages of
international trade 1
credit risk 2 political
risk 3 war 4 regulatory
Risk.
forastero
• Forastero
• Grown in brazil and
west Africa.
• Rounded pods thick
skinned.
• Most common
sunothype longer
fermenting.
Transformation at chocolate maker
• Once the beans are ready to
be processed , it takes 2 to 4
days to manufacture a single
candy bar. Cocoa beans are
cleaned to remove any debris
and then they are sorted by
size. Roasting beans are
roasted in large roasting
cylinders to bring over
• Chocolate flavor and color
winnowing is done by
machines where they are
passed between large cones
that crack the shell and
without crushing nibs.
•
The journey of cocoa
• From west Africa it has
traveled to south
America and then to
Asia and then to
Oceania And then to
Mexico.
The impact on the environment
Trade does effect
environment but it can also
lead to beneficial impact on
the environment by
allowing environmental
goods and services to be
shared more widely it can
provide containing with
better and new
environmental technologies
to control pollution.
Carbon
emissions
For the future, global
climate region could
eliminate carbon
leakage, through
emission limitations
until a border group
or countries or specific
cooperative
approaches on
sectorial action in the
most sectors. In this
way government can
help provoke low
carbon economy.
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