The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Tuesday closed up +386 (+3.45%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +236 (+2.62%). Cocoa prices Tuesday rallied ...

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, its food and ...

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, its food and ...

Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the ...

Cocoa was the best performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcon, as prices surged 132 percent, hitting a record high of ...

This rare variety of chocolate was an important staple in Aztec society, even being used as currency. Today, it's a rare but ...

a fast-moving disease spread by insects that kills the cocoa tree within a few years of infection. To insulate producers from wild price swings, governments in Ghana and Ivory Coast set price ...

Bad weather, failed government policies and a fast-spreading virus are reducing output from the world’s top cocoa-growing countries.

Heavy rain in West Africa has led to reports of high mortality rates of cocoa buds on trees and pushed cocoa ... Recently harvested cocoa beans from the Ivory Coast signal lower quality, with ...

The company uses cell culture technology to grow 100 percent natural cocoa from just one or two beans. Its aim is to 'eliminate the industry's costly reliance on fragile rainforests,' the ...