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

Chocolate lovers might notice their favourite sugary snack could cost a bit more or be a bit smaller as climate change ...

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

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

Mr Stone said: “The commodity price is now 300 per cent more than it was two years ago. And, just before Christmas, it was ...

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

They found that pollinating cacao trees across these different countries ... which could lead to similar problems as those experienced in West Africa. Their own recent research on Brazil cacao ...

Most of these are in Africa, Southeast Asia ... Intermediate canopy cover—of cover crops planted between the cocoa tree—can help mitigate the negative effects of warmer temperatures, says ...

Gold mining’s effect on cocoa prices comes down to the impact it has on soil quality, as the chemicals released during the ...

The price hike is due to a shortage of cocoa from farms in major cocoa-producing countries in West Africa. A series of ... A farmer checks on cacao trees in Kwabeng in eastern Ghana.

Just four West African countries are the foundation of an industry worth more than $100 billion. In the tropical nations of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, and Nigeria, rows of cacao trees ...

Just four West African countries are the foundation of an industry worth more than $100 billion. In the tropical nations of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, and Nigeria, rows of cacao trees ...