According to Sacote, the initiative supports the Cacao Detailed Investment Plan (DIP), which aims to rehabilitate and ...

Work carried out at the International Cocoa Quarantine Centre in Arborfield, part of the University of Reading, is helping to keep the world's cocoa crops free of viruses. The greenhouses - about the ...

Living in Hawaiʻi means you’re never too far from fresh produce. But you don’t need a backyard or a big garden to grow your ...

Lechner's remarks follow a surge in cocoa prices to record highs in 2024, driven by poor weather, disease, and pest outbreaks in West Africa that caused a supply deficit. With cocoa plantation ...

Climate change, pests and disease threaten to leave us in a world without chocolate. Dr Karl meets two scientists who are exploring ways to protect cacao plants into the future.

With 30% of global cocoa production lost through major pests and diseases, the centre's co-ordinator, Dr Andrew Daymond, said new varieties of cocoa needed to be "more resilient". "We make sure ...

North Island College’s forest technology students got a firsthand look at low-carbon, climate-resilient solutions in Costa ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), chaired by President Bola Tinubu, has approved the draft bill for the establishment of the ...