Any chocolate lover can probably tell you that cacao is the most important ingredient in any chocolate confection. But not ...

The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the ...

Some Ivory Coast and Nigerian cocoa farmers reported that cocoa trees are beginning to suffer the effects of the seasonal dry and dusty Harmattan winds, with leaves turning yellow and the ...

The Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project (TCDP) is set to bring digital innovation to the country’s cocoa industry, aiming to enhance traceability and efficiency across the cocoa value chain.The ...

Ghana has delayed the delivery of 370,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2023/24 season due to poor output, its food and ...

Tree crops—for example, apple, cherry, olives, nuts, coffee, and cacao—cover more than 183 million hectares worldwide, yet ...

Cocoa powder vs. cacao powder The plant used to make chocolate is called the cacao tree. It makes a fruit called cacao beans. Raw beans can be crushed into cacao powder. But if the beans are ...

Cocoa was the best performing commodity in 2024, outpacing even bitcon, as prices surged 132 percent, hitting a record high of ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Tuesday closed up +168 (+1.46%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +29 (+0.32%). Cocoa prices on Tuesday added to Monday's sharp gains. Crop production ...

There’s dark chocolate, milk chocolate and even white chocolate, but they all start with beans from the cacoa plant theobroma cacao, also known as the Chocolate Fruit Tree. These trees grow near ...