Sentences with phrase «plant cocoa trees»

But to gain higher yields, growers sometimes plant cocoa trees in solitary, «monocultural,» groves, in which the trees are exposed to stressful conditions.

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Chocolate comes from a plant known as the cocoa tree, or Theobroma cacao.

«In my field, I don't cut down trees, I plant them — to protect my cocoa, to protect the environment, to protect the land.

At the moment the only way to preserve the diversity of cocoa plants is to grow entire trees.

The cocoa tree, Theobroma cocoa, originates from the upper Amazon basin, where wild types of the plant are vanishing as the forests are felled.

Outside these lands, growers should move toward shade - cocoa farming, which keeps some of the large existing trees, with cocoa plants interspersed among them.

Cacao refers to the plant, a small evergreen tree, which is cultivated for its seeds, also known as cacao beans or cocoa beans.

The route runs through the Atlantic Forest, until we get to São Francisco Farm, where there will be a tour to the local cocoa planting and processing activities, with the opportunity of tasting it right from the tree.

Black soap is made from the ash of locally harvested plants and barks such as plantain, cocoa pods, palm tree leaves, and shea tree bark.