second-oldest chocolate company Early in 19th century Venezuela was world’s largest Cacao producer; currently the highest quality producer Venezuelan cacao beans command a 30% premium in world commodity market U.S. retail chocolate market US$ 15 billion sales; of which 64% controlled by 4 marketers; premium chocolate US $1.5 Billion Most consumers associate premium chocolate as coming from Belgium or Switzerland Cacao can only grow in the tropics © 2007 rdeshpande@hbs.edu 2010 Harvard Business School
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Romero‚ John Terrence M. CHAPTER 22: EXILE IN DAPITAN‚ 1892-96 Dapitan (Mindanao) – place managed by Jesuits where Rizal was exiled Rizal kept communication with: 1. His family 2. Fellow reformists 3. Eminent scientists and scholars of Europe Beginning of Exile in Dapitan Cebu – steamer which brought Rizal to Dapitan - Carried a letter from Fr. Pablo Pastells (Superior of the Jesuit Society of the Philippines) to Fr. Antonio Obach which states that Rizal could live
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became skilled farmers. Since the Aztecs were skilled farmers they grew corn for tortillas‚ tomatoes‚ chili peppers‚ beans‚ squash‚ and avocados. Many of the Aztecs took care of a section of land called chinampas. The Aztecs also harvested cacao seeds. The cacao seeds were used for mixing with spices and peppers to make a drink like hot chocolate. There was three main groups of people in the Aztec society. The Macehualtin‚ Pochteca‚ and the Pipiltin. The Macehualtin were the common workers such as
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reference names of organizations and individuals that she either quotes or speaks heavily about‚ “Mark Guiltinan‚ a professor of plant molecular biology at Penn State and a key member of Hershey team‚ said” (Frydenborg‚ 176). Mark Guiltinan believes that cacao will improve economic‚ environmental‚ and social statuses as well as lift many out of poverty (176). Frydenborg believes that not only will this help areas in poverty‚ but it will provide means to fully stopping the deforestation of the rainforests
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administrators‚ community officials and the society with regards to the necessary actions for exterminating the mosquito eggs and larvae. Throughout the history‚ many plants have been used as an alternative insecticide‚ ovicide‚ larvicide‚ and repellants. The increasing number of dengue cases not only in our country but also to other countries all over the world. Experiencing the abnormal change in weather is not of recent origin to us. In that case‚ they are harder to intercept in flight that is
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Esclavitud en la industria del chocolate La mayoría de fabricantes de chocolate utilizan granos de cacao que se producen en los campos de Costa de Marfil y Ghana‚ ubicados en el lado oeste de África; muchos niños son utilizados como esclavos por los campesinos para cosechar los granos‚ a su vez estos son maltratados y obligados a vivir en condiciones precarias; todo ello con la finalidad de tener mano de obra barata para disminuir sus costos de mano de obra. En septiembre del 2000 a través de la
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Healing the Whole World Speech #1: Informative Josephine Harscouet‚ Sheyla Rodriguez‚ Mallory Bridgman Dengue Fever in Colombia and India SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about Dengue Fever INTRODUCTION I. With more than one-third of the world’s population living in areas at risk for infection‚ dengue virus is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. II. We would like to inform you of this disease because it affects so many populations
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tolls‚ whereas others are easily treated and death easily avoided. Marburg and Crimea-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever are similar deadly viral diseases; however‚ they also have many differences as well. A hemorrhagic fever is a group of viral infections by insects‚ arachnids or rodents. (“Hemorrhagic Fever”‚ 2009) Both of these diseases are hemorrhagic fevers‚ though the way they are transmitted is very different. Both of the viruses can be spread from human to human through infectious tissues‚ body fluids
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wont find Coins or bills however they trade with cacao beans. Their were not Always the same type of Mayan for example early Maya relied on Hunting. Did you know in the beginning maize grew in the wild. Farther More girls learned to take care of a family by helping their mother and Other relatives. The Mayans food‚ well their main crops were maize corn‚ beans Squash‚ avocado‚ chili pepper‚ pineapples‚ papayas and cacao beans. Unlike many other ancient civilization‚ the
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Mexico would pollinate the Vanilla flower. But‚ in 1517‚ when a Spaniard named‚ Hernan Cortes landed on Veracruz; he met Emperor Moctezuma (an Aztecs emperor) who served him a drink called tlilxochitl made by cacao and vanilla. Very soon after‚ he returned back to Spain in 1528 with vanilla and cacao. Because of price and rarity this unusual and pleasing drink vanilla became an exclusive club of the rich and famous of the time. Spain guarded the secrets of this drink for about 100 years. Unfortunately
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