COLUMN. On Easter, chocolate brings together many enthusiasts. However, cocoa can also be perceived as a sacred plant, as ...

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

But a new European Union law aimed at protecting the world’s rainforest means that West African farmers have to try to grow ...

Cocoa trees grow about 20 degrees north and south of the equator in regions with warm weather and abundant rain, including West Africa and South America. Climate change is expected to dry out the ...

Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years ...

as crops in West Africa — which produces 80% of the world’s cocoa — have been hit by droughts made worse by climate change. As a result, processing plants in countries such as Ghana and ...