cocoa tree
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cocoa
noun[U]
uk/ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/us/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
a dark brown powder made from cocoa beans, used to make chocolate and add a chocolate flavour to food ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk/triː/us/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofcocoaandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Since we are interested in investment incocoatreeplanting, we ought to control for the proportion of cocoa planted area at the time of land acquisition.
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No type ofcocoatreewhich can resist disease or is immune from it has yet been developed.
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You eat the chocolate biscuits—you people who have never seen acocoatree.
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Yes, that is important, but unfortunately it is a long-term remedy, as thecocoatreetakes seven years to attain full production.
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A diseasedcocoatreemay bear one, or perhaps two, crops between the times of infection and of death.
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Is there any relationship between the different sudden deaths, such as in the case of thecocoatreeand cloves?
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Secondly, it is said that it takes five years to grow a newcocoatree.
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It generally takes about five years to develop acocoatree.
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The plant's presence is believed to be an indicator that the soil is appropriate for plantingcocoatree.
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Since nibs are directly from thecocoatree, they contain high amounts of theobromine.
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After five or seven years they were paid for each maturecocoatreeon the plot of land.
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One issue pertaining to cocoa plantation sustainability is the amount of time it takes for acocoatreeto produce pods.
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Declining yields from older cocoa trees and increased pressure on over-exploited forest land dictated these movements.
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The cost of replanting cocoa trees is relatively high after several planting cycles.
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All that is required is the clearing of forested land and the planting of cocoa trees.
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Since older cocoa trees generated less and poorer quality cocoa, labour costs increased.
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Some of the conclusions run counter to common plantation practice such as leaving damaged and rotting pods amongst the cocoa trees.
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This is due to the fact that gifts are often given in return for planting cocoa trees.
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We also included dummy variables for the age of the cocoa trees, with trees less than a year old as the reference category.
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