Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging ...

Soaring cocoa prices are raising interest in turning Nigeria into a more impactful player in the sector, with hopes of ...

Kerala's cocoa industry sees growth with launch of farmer producer company, aiming to boost income and quality of cocoa beans.

Ivory Coast's cocoa mid-crop output is expected to drop around 40% this season after an unusually long dry season and limited, patchy rainfall hit crops in the main production regions, exporters and ...

It also has a negative effect on soil health, impacting cocoa yields significantly. According to the Beyond Beans Foundation ...

New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

But agriculture modernisation efforts have encouraged the development of “full-sun” monocrop plantations that only focus on growing cocoa beans, without the use of companion plants or trees.

"We should have seen the mid-crop on trees and in fields around November ... activity really take off," he added. Farms have no cocoa beans ready for harvest, "just one or two pods here and ...