cocoa production
Making chocolate ingredients
Cocoa production is the agricultural and industrial process of growing cacao trees, harvesting their pods, and processing the beans into cocoa products.
The term encompasses everything from plantation farming in tropical regions to fermentation, drying, and export.
West African countries dominate global cocoa production.
Discussions often involve labor practices, sustainability, and commodity markets.
- dryingMoisture removal process
- roastingCooking with dry heat
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- tropical rainforestHumid equatorial biome with dense vegetation
- shade grownCultivated under tree cover
agroforestry · deforestation · rainy season · winnowing · harvest season · grinding · conching · pruning · export tariffs · indigenous practices · criollo · slave trade · bean-to-bar · biodiversity loss · Ghana · grafting · alkalization · tempering
cocoa productiondairy farming
Livestock husbandry for milk
coffee cultivation · wheat farming · rice cultivation · subsistence farming · livestock ranching