Recent research identifies key factors affecting cocoa production, highlighting the critical role of pollination and ...

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

Expect to pay about 10% to 20% more for chocolate this Valentine's Day than last year, one agricultural economist said.

it's already too late," said Paul Kouame Kouakou, who owns four hectares of cocoa in Duekoue, a town in west Ivory Coast. It usually takes a flower around 22 weeks to become a mature pod.

Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.