Cocoa pods are comprised of cocoa beans, pods, endocarp and pulp. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela / Getty. Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed knobby ...

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation ...

A farmer picks cocoa fruits in the chocolate-producing village of Nglanggeran, Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Getty Images The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest ...

A dramatic decline in cocoa production owing to bad weather and disease in West Africa caused prices to skyrocket, putting pressure on European chocolate makers and raising prices for consumers ...

IKOM, Nigeria (Reuters) - Growing up in Nigeria's cocoa farming area of Ikom in the southeast, Anyoghe Akwa did not see much of a future, so instead he decided to move away, study civil engineering ...

The International Cocoa Diplomacy (ICD) has called for collaborative action to enhance the quality of Cocoa production and value of Cocoa exports. Speaking at a joint briefing with the Lagos Chamber ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Just four West African countries are the foundation of an industry worth more than $100 billion. In the ...

The Chairman of AA Universal Agro Company limited, Chief Chris Agara, has disclosed that the federal government can earn about $600m annually from cocoa exports if Ikom Cocoa processing plant becomes ...

After a short plane ride from Bristol, our journey begins in the Netherlands, at Ofi’s customer solutions centre in Amsterdam’s The Joan building. The Joan itself is quite remarkable – designed with ...