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

Each year, lovebirds purchase about 58 million pounds of the stuff for Valentine’s Day, so why not you? After all, chocolate ...

Valentine's Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this indulgence faces an existential ...

It’s a well-known fact that chocolate is a universally loved treat. Unfortunately, the cocoa industry isn’t always as sweet ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the old trees or establishing a new crop elsewhere. Frequently, new plantations ...