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After coffee, cocoa is the most important shade-grown crop in the Mexican tropics, cultivated area and by net income, said the Ministry of Agriculture (Compatible).
He stressed that according to the Center for Studies on Sustainable Rural Development and the Food sovereignty (CEDRSSA), cocoa production in Latin America and the Caribbean is carried out by more than 350 thousand families of producers and more than 1 million 750 thousand people depend on or benefit directly from their production, in 23 countries of the American continent.
Chocolate, its main product, was consumed since pre-Hispanic times, from this time onwards it was They prepared mixed drinks with spices, resulting in a very energetic, dark, thick and foamy liquid, to which sweetener was later added, which modified its flavor and conquered palates around the world.
Our country has the largest number of dishes and drinks based on cocoabeing an ingredient that provides unmatched aroma and flavor to chocolate, pozol, tascalate, téjate, mole y tamalesamong other foods and drinks.
Mexico is one of the countries that grows fine aroma criollo cocoa and mostly grows in agroforestry systems of high social, environmental and economic value and is highly recognized by the high-end chocolate markets of Europe and the United States, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture.
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