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...Agriculture (USDA) is working with a local research center in San Martin, the Institute for Tropical Crops (ITC), to identify new varieties of cacao beans. The institute is studying 342 specimens collected from 12 watersheds. "We are working on categorizing the DNA of cacao," says ITC director Enrique Arevalo. The work will eventually lead to the creation of a Peru-specific chocolate that could be marketed the way countries sell wine. Hiderico Bocangel, general manager of San Martin's Oro Verde cooperative, says Peru is already creating a niche in the chocolate world. "We have the perfect conditions here...
...Some U.N. police are reluctant to speak on the record butprivately agree with Wilson's claims. Senior officers acknowledge some shortcomings but remain confident the force will be able to handle security duties. "This is a very young police service," says acting U.N. East Timor Police Commissioner Juan Carlos Arevalo Linares. "We cannot expect to have a police service like Australia's when this country has only had a police service for a little more than six years...
...have the possibility of sending their children to school,” said Meskele, who is the founder of Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. Instead of going through collectors, distributors and exporters, Oromia has allowed farmers to bypass the middle man, thus raising their profits. Sylvia Arevalo, another farmer at the event, described her poverty-stricken community of banana-growers in Ecuador. She belongs to a 350-member farmers’ cooperative, which exported products directly to consumers. “This banana money makes it possible for the producers to continue to be farmers and not disappear...
...Augusto Arevalo, the custodial supervisor for the Facilities Maintenance Organization said that moving Sinclaire had nothing to do with his union activities...
...encourage him to participate in the union,” Arevalo said. “Some of the issues we have are with his job performance, but other than that, there are no issues with him participating in the union...