strategy, focused on the liberalization of coffee and cocoa prices, their primary marketing and export, all previously … markets as a reliable supplier of quality products. The liberalization took effect in June 1996. Coffee and cocoa exports …

In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few, depends …, emotional, and economic values humans have placed upon cocoa from its earliest cultivation in Mesoamerica to the present day …. Tracing the cocoa value chain from farms in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, through to chocolate factories in …

regimes on global cocoa trade. STATA statistical tool was employed in analyzing panel data from 10 leading cocoa … materials and products. Most cocoa-producing countries grow cocoa as a cash crop, thus, rely heavily on the trade of cocoa beans … and other product. Therefore, it would be counterintuitive to have all the profits from the trade of cocoa to be wiped out …

in the cocoa sector from the context of pesticide regulations. Such regulations are now increasingly common, due to their … perceived benefits for humans, animals, and the environment. The results of our study show that cocoa-exporting countries stand … standard or its variants, cocoa-exporting countries need to diversify into different markets to balance quality and quantity …