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

Chocolate is by far the most popular Valentine's Day treat, but you might find it's getting more difficult to find sweet ...

Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

Dimitra is offering AI-driven apps and IoT-based sensors to cocoa farmers to track the conditions of the crop.

The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...

In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

Climate change threatens global cocoa and chocolate production, but a new study highlights a promising solution—pollination.

The cost of cocoa reached a record high in December 2024, and the price keeps climbing. How is industry reacting and what ...

ribbed pods of the cacao tree, which made that sweet treat possible. A group of UF/IFAS plant pathologists has partnered with the Mars confectionary company to safeguard those pods — and the ...

To adapt, some farmers are turning to diverse, nature-friendly agricultural practices, such as planting taller trees between cacao plants, creating healthy fertile soils that hold onto moisture ...