Ivory Coast cocoa farmers are warning of a looming crisis: without financial support and fairer markets, cocoa yields will be “destroyed” by 2030. The West African nation is the biggest producer of ...

A breakthrough using satellite technology has uncovered massive untapped environmental potential in cocoa farming. Researchers from the University of Queensland found that growing more shade trees on ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...

In Cameroon, the astonishing surge in the price of cocoa has Banyuy Elsie Kinyuy planning the next chapter of her life. In November, the 57-year-old high school tutor bought a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) ...

Ivory Coast, the worlds biggest cocoa producer, announced Monday it would rip up 100,000 hectares (250,000 acres) of cocoa trees in a bid to roll back a plant virus called swollen shoot. The operation ...

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Most people agree that chocolate tastes great, but is there a way to make it taste even better? Perhaps, according to scientists who looked at different conditions that can put a strain on cocoa trees ...