BACKGROUND The recent inclusion of the cocoa sector as an option for carbon storage necessitates the need to quantify the C stocks in cocoa systems of Ghana. RESULTS Using farmers' fields, the carbon (C) stocks in shaded and unshaded cocoa systems selected from the Eastern (ER) and Western (WR) regions of Ghana were measured. Total ecosystem C (biomass C + soil C to 60 cm depth) ranged from 8...

Currently, there is a need to create food products with reduced content of carbohydrate-fatty components for therapeutic, prophylactic and functional purposes. The development new should be based on reasonable choice ingredients that form their composition properties. In the face an increasing number people diabetes, maintain normal blood sugar levels, complications disease can prevented (reduc...

Cocoa is a food relatively rich in polyphenols, which makes it a potent antioxidant. Due to its activity as an antioxidant, as well as through other mechanisms, cocoa consumption has been reported to be beneficial for cardiovascular health, brain functions, and cancer prevention. Furthermore, cocoa influences the immune system, in particular the inflammatory innate response and the systemic and...

PAGE ................................................................. INTRODUCTION 250 Material and methods ........................................................ 251 Variation of butter-fat percentage in Jersey milk with the age when the test was made ........................................................... 252 Analytical constants describing the variation of butter-fat percentage at dif...

Question " In healthy adults, how effective is the consumption of cocoa flavanols/cocoa polyphenols, particularly drinking cocoa, for improving memory and cognitive function? "

Pesticides are a significant component of the modern agricultural technology that has been widely adopted across the globe to control pests, diseases, weeds and other plant pathogens, in an effort to reduce or eliminate yield losses and maintain high product quality. Although pesticides are said to be toxic and exposes farmers to risk due to the hazardous effects of these chemicals, pesticide u...