Cocoa beans provide raw materials for global food industries valued in excess of $47 billion
in world exportations. Through on-farm processing, about 80% of cocoa fruit is discarded as …

Biodiesel is unarguably one of the most considered substitutes for fossil-based liquid fuels.
However, the high cost of biodiesel production has been a major inhibitor for its large-scale …

Land‐based climate mitigation measures have gained significant attention and importance
in public and private sector climate policies. Building on previous studies, we refine and …

The annual production of cocoa is approximately 4.7 million tons of cocoa beans, of which
only 10% corresponds to the cocoa bean and the remaining value corresponds to a high …

Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is the main by-product (ca. 70–75% weight of whole fruit) of the
cocoa harvest, an important and economic crop in developing countries. It is a rich source of …

Using biomass waste for renewable energy and sustainable fuel production has gained
significant attention recently. This review investigates the potential biomass waste sources …

Biodiesel has the potential to contribute significantly to the elimination of the present global
energy and climate change logjam, but its production and commercialization have been …

This study aims to explore the impact of pretreatment on cacao pod husk (CPH) and
investigate the kinetics of biohydrogen production in a dark fermentation (DF) batch reactor …

Cocoa pod husks are a waste generated during the processing of cocoa beans. We aimed
to explore the enzymatic extraction of pectin using cellulases. The extraction process was …

This study presents the thermochemical characterization of rice straw, rice husk, coffee husk
and cocoa pod husk. The main objective of this characterization is to determine the …