The U.S., Germany and Switzerland are promoting cocoa sustainability amid higher chocolate prices driven by climate changes ...

Marieke van der Velden Cocoa pods have to be split to extract the beans which are then fermented ... Cocoa farmers are susceptible to changing weather patterns too. According to Fairtrade ...

The beans are then removed from the pods with their surrounding pulp. Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of the Scio forest reserve in Duekoue, Ivory Coast.

Pods containing cocoa beans grow from the branches and trunk of the cocoa tree. Harvesting includes take away ripe pods from the trees and opening them to extract the wet beans. With the help of a ...

Despite this positive outlook, farmers expressed concern about the potential outbreak of black pod disease and continuing bean smuggling. Ghana lost more than a third of its 2023/24 cocoa output ...

Cocoa bean arrivals in the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro are unlikely to be affected in the immediate future because existing pods are already developing. However, from January 2025, arrivals ...

All cocoa powders come from cocoa beans, but the difference lies in how they’re processed. Cocoa powder can range from light tan to jet black with varying pH levels that affect how it interacts ...

The cocoa bean market valuation is predicted to exceed USD 26.75 billion by 2032, reported in a research analysis by Global Market Insights Inc. Blockchain technology is being embraced for ...

At first glance, you may read that headline and think, "Okay NOAA, how can climate change possibly have an impact on ...

Prices for cocoa, which is used to make chocolate ... which brought dust that blocked light needed for bean pods to grow, ...

Members of an Ivory Coast traders’ group have complained that some major exporters in the world’s top grower are overpaying for cocoa beans to secure supplies for their processing plants ...

She spent many hours helping my grandparents tend to the trees and harvest the cocoa pods - the raw ingredient ... Changing weather patterns; disease outbreaks and fluctuating market prices ...