This morning, on alms round, my person received some medicine and tonics send by Upasika Cheav Villa , by Nyom Chanroth .

While investigating "life time root-medicine", both attentively attended the investigating around "choclate", previous introduced by Nyom Sophorn who gave it as tonic and medicine in times of malaria, mixed with oil and sugar.

Yesterday not only dry seeds of pure cacao from Ratanakiri arrived on effort of Nyom Villa here, as medicine objected for the Sangha, but also plants which possible help the villagers and enviroment here to find good living, as the smallt tree does not need cleared forest and does not require machines, grown in shade between all other plants and needs no chemicals and special treatments (being a very old kind of forest plant), given the whole year fruits and also would prevent from land burning, by Nyom Chanroth's effort. Perfect in balance with old traditional farming in family size and in harmony with nature, sorunded by forest, lacking of nothing.
10 families followed the way Nyom Chanroth introduced to his near neighbors having invited a not land occupying company from Thailand. As all year fruit and storeable, it can be used for own demand and small use for one self and to producte food and medicine, independent from larger markets. Choclate is rare and expensive, and an import material, in Cambodia.

The share for the Ven. fellows here, to clear up doubts:

* Cacao beans, cacao powder, can be stored as lifetime root medicine.
* 100% chocolate from market, as/if mixed with ofter of the 5 tonics (bhesajja), for the most, can be stored 1 week. Tonic for strength.
* Chocolate drinks, mixed with milk (peyopāna ) can be consumed in afternoon when sick (but not stored!).

The plant, if given, can be easy maintained at monasteries and the simple way of fermentation of the seeds and drying them, may be easy learnd. The final cacao beans can than be taken, stored... can be eaten direct , having removed the peel, as medicine.


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Enviromental impact

The relative poverty of many cocoa farmers means that environmental consequences such as deforestation are given little significance. For decades, cocoa farmers have encroached on virgin forest, mostly after the felling of trees by logging companies. This trend has decreased as many governments and communities are beginning to protect their remaining forested zones.[63] In general, the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by cocoa farmers is limited. When cocoa bean prices are high, farmers may invest in their crops, leading to higher yields which, in turn tends to result in lower market prices and a renewed period of lower investment.

Cocoa production is likely to be affected in various ways by the expected effects of global warming. Specific concerns have been raised concerning its future as a cash crop in West Africa, the current centre of global cocoa production. If temperatures continue to rise, West Africa could simply become unfit to grow the beans.[64][65]

Cacao beans also have a potential to be used as a bedding material in farms for cows. Using cacao bean husks in bedding material for cows had beneficial effects on udder health (results in less bacterial growth) and ammonia levels (less ammonia levels on bedding).[66]

Agroforestry

Cocoa beans may be cultivated under shaded conditions, e.g. agroforestry. Agroforestry can reduce the pressure on existing protected forests for resources, such as firewood, and conserve biodiversity.[67] Agroforests act as buffers to formally protected forests and biodiversity island refuges in an open, human-dominated landscape. Research of their shade-grown coffee counterparts has shown that greater canopy cover in plots is significantly associated to greater mammal species richness and abundance.[68] The amount of diversity in tree species is fairly comparable between shade-grown cocoa plots and primary forests.[69] Farmers can grow a variety of fruit-bearing shade trees to supplement their income to help cope with the volatile cocoa prices.[70] Although cocoa has been adapted to grow under a dense rainforest canopy, agroforestry does not significantly further enhance cocoa productivity.[71]

May many be able to take a share on the merits done here, and may the Devas inform those not touched yet.