The research was conducted by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Fedecacao, and AGROSAVIA. The study combines future climate projections with data on current cocoa-growing areas and ...

In every production zone worldwide, cocoa trees are faced with pests and diseases that can wipe out entire harvests. To protect their crops, farmers often use costly, polluting chemicals or ...

I thought I knew the basics about the chocolate industry. Most comes from hundreds of thousands of small cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Many of these use child labour – a truth well hidden in ...

There is no mathematical or logical reason for cocoa prices to have reached such heights. The market assumes demand is inelastic, but that isn’t the case. Chocolate is a want, not a need. Additionally ...