Cacao prices have increased in the last year and some farmers find it too hard to manage the costs of controlling more pests on their coffee crops as temperatures get warmer. “Historically ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...