A chocolatier has told how the increasing price of raw ingredients to make the sweet treats has made the last 12 months "the ...

Ageing trees, climate change and disease outbreak are major setbacks affecting cocoa production in Africa where over 70 percent of ...

Two Goliath beetle species are in grave danger because cocoa farming has wiped out their forests and they’re being sold on ...

Tight global cocoa inventories are also bullish for prices. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have been trending lower for the past 1-1/2 years and, on January 24, fell to a 21-year ...

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

floods and climate-related diseases hit west African cocoa farmers last year, it says. Higher temperatures and more irregular rainfall make growing conditions less than ideal for the cocoa tree ...

Exploring ways for cocoa farmers to hand pollinate their crops could help offset crop losses resulting from climate changes, ...

Cocoa prices are under pressure as recent rain in West Africa has boosted soil moisture ... and Ghana cocoa farmers have reported that cocoa trees are beginning to suffer the effects of the ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is down -101 (-0.92%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is down -94 (-1.08%). Cocoa prices today are moderately lower as beneficial rains in West Africa have ...