FCIA Fine Chocolate Glossary

Environment & Environmental Justice

Agroforestry

A term coined in the late 1970s by academics, civil society, and policymakers to describe smallholder farmers’ incorporation of trees View Definition

Clone

A variety propagated by asexual means to produce plants that are genetically identical (homogenous).

In cocoa, clones are produced by View Definition

Cocoa, GMO

GMO is an acronym for Genetically Modified Organism, currently referred to by the USDA as BE or Bioengineered. These designations View Definition