Agroforestry
Collective term for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials and/or animals co-occur in an intentional spatial and temporal arrangement.
Cocoa: Bean, Pod, Tree, Farm
Amelonado
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity refers to the total amount of variation found in living things. In terms of cacao, biodiversity refers to the genetic variation within the plant, View Entry
Cacao
Cacao is an ancient Indigenous American word that refers to the tree Theobroma cacao, and both unprepared and prepared (into food or drink) tree View Entry
Cacao, Rare
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Cacao, Specialty
Specialty cacao is cacao produced on a notion of quality in every single step of the supply chain from the seeds to the cocoa beans. View Entry
Cacao, wild (native)
Wild cacao denotes any pod from trees that occur spontaneous (without human interference) or subspontaneous (wild cacao trees exploited by man) in the Amazon Forest. View Entry
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a specific form of sustainable agricultural production. CSA believes in the importance of adapting agricultural techniques according to the pressures posed View Entry
Clone
A variety propagated by asexual means to produce plants that are genetically identical (homogenous).
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Cocoa
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