They added that the cacao tree, which grows cocoa beans and is also known as Theobroma cacao, originated in the Neotropics of South America, but very little was known about its use in those regions.

For example, as cocoa trees age, they become susceptible to diseases ... processing capacity because they cannot afford to purchase beans. This likely means that chocolate prices worldwide ...

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

When a cocoa farmer decides or is forced, to divest from cocoa by selling their farms to galamsey operators, COCOBOD loses out tremendously because this directly reduces cocoa bean supply and thereby ...

"We should have seen the mid-crop on trees and in fields around November ... activity really take off," he added. Farms have no cocoa beans ready for harvest, "just one or two pods here and ...

But agriculture modernisation efforts have encouraged the development of "full-sun" monocrop plantations that only focus on growing cocoa beans, without the use of companion plants or trees.

The agricultural export sector of Nigeria has witnessed remarkable growth, primarily fueled by the exports of cocoa beans, cashew nuts, and sesame seeds, according to different data sources ...

“Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other organizations ...