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

Farmers face an uphill battle when it comes to meeting rising food demands while also dealing with more erratic weather ...

Cocoa powder is made from cacao beans, which come from the plant Theobroma cacao L. Cacao beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate, but they can also be ground into cocoa powder. The powder ...

Source: Theobroma cacao L. - Plants of the World Online - Kew Science. Researchers analysed pottery vessels from the Santa Ana (La Florida) archaeological site in the highlands of Ecuador ...

The cacao plant, which is responsible for making cacao seeds, is having trouble surviving, according to the U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. If this trend continues ...

Diaz del Castillo, an officer with Hernan Cortez wrote: "From time to time the men of Montezuma's guard brought him, in cups of pure gold, a drink made from the cocoa-plant, which they said he ...

Cocoa was the best-performing commodity in 2024 ... at helping farmers—and a fast-moving virus that has ravaged their plants.

less-productive trees and plant new ones to increase production, especially as farms are ravaged by diseases. Like other cocoa farmers, Mensah has diversified: He now grows cassava and maize ...