In Kasawo, north of Kampala, cocoa farmer Abubaker Kisekka no longer climbs atop towering wooden boxes to tend his beans.A locally-made innovation for fermenting cocoa beans has replaced the laborious ...

It’s hot chocolate season; the drink as decadent as a velvet suit. But with so many options – from powders to syrups – how do we master a creamy cup to rival Parisian cafes? “There’s basically three ...

A low-carbohydrate (low-carb) diet restricts things like pasta, bread, and sugary foods. Here’s why you might consider the ...

Deptford flourishes once more. Through all its mistreatment, perhaps even because of it, Deptford’s closely-knit sense of ...

In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a ...

The Ondo state government has begun a crackdown on the adulteration of cocoa beans in the state following the seizure in the Ireje community in the Ondo East Local Government Area of the state ...

Dry beans are among the most accessible, affordable and nutritionally complete staple foods available. Just a 1/2-cup serving of cooked beans provides 7 to 10 grams of protein.

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) today is down -63 (-0.64%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) is down -169 (-2.56%). Cocoa prices are lower today due to the stronger dollar and recent forecasts for ...

On May 30, The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) revised its 2023/24 global cocoa deficit to -494,000 MT from a February estimate of -441,000 MT, the largest deficit in over 60 years.

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of maltodextrin addition on the flow properties of cocoa pulp powder obtained by spray and freeze drying. Cocoa pulp samples received 15% and 30% (m m-1) ...

GORLU, Salayea District – Cocoa farmers in Gorlu Town, are appealing to the Liberian government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and its partners, to continue providing farming tools such as solar ...

Child labor is another dark reality. Due to the low-wage and labor-intensive nature of cocoa cultivation, children are frequently involved in planting, harvesting, and drying beans by families.