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The Future of Chocolate: Trivia Challenge

Test your knowledge about the fascinating world of cacao and chocolate production! This trivia quiz dives into the challenges faced by cacao growers and the innovative solutions scientists are exploring to ensure the future of chocolate remains sweet.

Learn about cacao's geographical challenges.
Discover the economic importance of chocolate globally.
Understand the scientific advancements aimed at improving cacao crops.

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by GrowingCacao42

Which of the following is NOT a reason for cacao growth being threatened?

Cacao can only grow within 18 degrees north or south of the equator

A new genetic mutation in the trees created by scientists in order to improve the cacao seed growth rate has begun to kill the trees instead of improving them

Frosty Pod Rot and Witches' Broom, which are fungal diseases, have spread and infected cacao trees with a result of destroying 80% of cacao production in Brazil

Cacao contains 10 different varieties within the same species, which means that if one strain is susceptible to pests and diseases, it’s likely they all are

Why are cacao trees and plants valuable and important?

Americans spend about $700 million on chocolate on Valentine’s Day

People spend more than $150 billion on chocolate around the world

In the Ivory Coast, the farming of cocoa accounts for 28% of the GDP and employs approximately 15% of the households

In areas of Africa near the equator, it is too hot to grow other crops besides cacao trees, making cacao their main food source

What is the solution to stopping the cocoa pod borer from eating all of the crops?

Plant more trees so that even if the cocoa pod borer eats some crops, there will be an extra amount left over

Grow the trees in enclosed areas

Find and provide a different food source for the cocoa pod borers so that they will stop infesting the cacao trees

Use pesticides to repel the cocoa pod borers

What is the name of the program that is instituted to educate the farmers, to increase crop-diversification, and to improve supply-chain efficiency?

What do scientists home to achieve by cross breeding cacao trees?

The creation of a cacao tree that is stronger

The creation of a cacao tree with more abundant cacao pods

The creation of a cacao tree that produces better quality chocolate

The creation of a tree that produces pest repelling substances

How do scientists hope to solve the problem of uneven rainfall?

By building a dam and planting cacao trees along it so that the roots can absorb as much water as possible

By planting cacao trees in a new agroforestry system where the matrix root system can hold more water

By using an underground water distributing system, similar to the ones we use here in the U.S. To keep crops hydrated

Which of the following weather occurrences make farming cacao trees difficult? (There may be more than one answer)

Wind storms

Tsunamis

Tornadoes

Floods

Which two beneficial qualities are scientists trying to bring out in cacao trees through genetic sequencing? (More than one answer)

Pest resistance

Prolonged life span

Disease resistance

Efficient water use

How do the programs prevent farmers from becoming discouraged due to their poverty and their decreasing cocoa production? (There may be more than one answer)

By educating the farmers

By providing funds and money for the necessary fertilizers and such

By increasing crop diversification

By improving supply chain efficiency

Which are examples of people who depend on the production of chocolate? (There may be more than one answer)

Businesses

Consumers

Farmers

Entrepenuers

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