Cocoa futures rise to their highest level in at least 24 years, as dry weather in major cocoa-producing countries cut global supplies.

Instead of tossing the cocoa pods, researchers preserved them, specifically extracting the endocarp — the innermost layer of the husks that surround the cocoa beans and pulp — then drying and ...

Cocoa Beans Drying (IMAGE) Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Caption. The cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is farmed within biodiversity hotspots of West Africa, South America, and Southeast ...

Cocoa is made from the beans of the cacao tree, which thrives in humid climates. The crop is struggling in these drying regions , and so are the farmers who grow it. This is not just Brazil’s story.

Workers collect dry cocoa beans in front of the store of a cocoa cooperative in the village of Hermankono. AFP via Getty Images “We need massive demand destruction to catch up with the supply ...

Cameroon, Africa’s fourth-biggest cocoa producer, will construct 2,500 ovens to dry beans in the South West region, where heavy rains slow down the process, said James Mosima Lobe, president of ...

Dry weather and high temperatures continued last week in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions, raising concerns for the size and quality of the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on ...

ABIDJAN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions saw no rainfall last week while the seasonal dry Harmattan wind began to blow, farmers said on Monday.

You don’t always need to sift dry ingredients like your flour or cocoa powder, but there are certain cases in which you should pull out your sifter or fine-mesh sieve. Here’s why recipes call ...

Dry weather because of El Niño has hit cocoa production from the Ivory Coast to Brazil and pushed down global supply of the key ingredient in chocolate, the London-based International Cocoa ...