SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TRENDS IN THE EXPLOITATION OF COCOA (Theobroma cacao L.) BY-PRODUCTS.
Cocoa is one of the strategic crops for Colombia's rural development policy. Its production chain has an important role not only in economic sectors, but also in social and environmental sectors, as it has been considered for the substitution of illicit crops and the restitution of lands. Colom...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS |
| Repositorio: | Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrollo |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.espacioimasd.unach.mx:article/267 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/267 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Economía circular subproductos cacao valorización cienciometría Circular economy cocoa by-products exploitation scientometrics |
| Sumario: | Cocoa is one of the strategic crops for Colombia's rural development policy. Its production chain has an important role not only in economic sectors, but also in social and environmental sectors, as it has been considered for the substitution of illicit crops and the restitution of lands. Colombian cocoa bean is recognized worldwide for its quality and aroma and is used as a raw material in the confectionery and chocolate, cosmetics and pharmaceutical production industries. In Colombia more than 35.000 families of small producers derive their livelihood from cocoa cultivation. Aproximately, 20% of the fruit is used for the cocoa derivatives industry and the remaining 80% is dried as residues in the form of shell, mucilage and bean shell. To determine the potential of cocoa residues as an additional source of income for cocoa farmers, scientometric techniques were used to extract indicators of scientific output and inventiveness. In this work scientific indicators and relational matrices were obtained, based on a review of articles and patents that enabled the use potential of cocoa residues to be determined within the principles of the circular economy may derive in additional income option for cocoa farmers. Chemical compounds such as polyphenols, alkaloids and polysaccharides of interest to the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, were identified, mainly within products obtained from valorization processes. Environmental applications that involve the development of products from cocoa pod husk for soil bioremediation are also highlighted as well as agricultural applications such as the use of bean shells for the production of biofertilizers, biofungicides and growth regulators. |
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