(The Conversation) – A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate ...

If you thought the insatiable AI GPU demand was (and is, and will continue) nuts, well... the cocoa beans market is in trouble, with the price of cocoa beans skyrocketing. The price of cocoa beans has ...

Mainly above-average rains last week in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions augur well for the development of the next ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Many people would love having an endless supply of chocolate right in their backyard, but there is a reason why a cocoa tree isn’t a backyard garden staple. The Theobroma cacao ...

In Cameroon, the astonishing surge in the price of cocoa has Banyuy Elsie Kinyuy planning the next chapter of her life. In November, the 57-year-old high school tutor bought a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Three factors are at play: environmental, ...

Cocoa is a swoon-inducing favorite confection, but there are a number of concerns regarding the production of the popular ingredient that are far from sweet. Outside of the food industry, cocoa’s raw ...

Cocoa farmers in Ghana are testing new ways of growing their crops as shifting weather patterns take a toll on yields. Among them is Samuel Davor, a cocoa farmer in Sefwi Wiawso, a village in a forest ...