Cocoa tree disease outbreaks, largely driven by adverse weather conditions like excessive rainfall.

In Bahia, Brazil, farmer Moises Schmidt is building what could become the worlds largest cocoa farm, aiming to transform the ...

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Phys.org shares researchers focused on fine aroma cacao, a unique variety of cacao with a distinctive flavor profile. Fine ...

Cocoa bean plantations guarantee the livelihoods of almost the entire village of N'gattakro in central Ivory Coast. And the "brown gold" as cocoa gets called in Ivory Coast, is not only crucial for ...

Regenerative agriculture is complex, costly, and consumers don’t want to pay more for it. What can industry do? 68% of consumers understand the concept of regenerative agriculture. That’s according to ...

The reasons? Recent failed cocoa crops in West Africa, where most of the world’s cocoa beans come from, due to climate change and lack of money to reinvest in the farms. Also to blame?

He said the export revenue from cocoa beans and products amounted to RM4.59bil for the period from January to September 2020, down 3.9% from RM4.77bil in the same period last year. Nevertheless ...

Dovetailing with that call for rehabilitation has been the explosion of the bean-to-bar movement, in which manufacturers control every step of the chocolate-making process, emphasizing support for ...

Cocoa beans at Abangku Community. “Everybody is now in the forest reserve,” said Bassey Foster, a forest ranger. He said he could not stop the farmers from using the forest land illegally.

Between September 2024 and February 2025, the price of cocoa beans soared by 95%, forcing the group to pass on this increase to its customers. While sales volumes fell by 4.7% year-on-year to 1.09 ...

Most all of the Cocoa beans used in chocolate production are grown abroad, and according to the United States Department of Agriculture, those imports are critical to meet the demand of chocolate ...