Cocoa farmers in Cameroon, Africa’s fourth-biggest producer of the chocolate ingredient, are facing problems drying their beans, leading to higher-than-acceptable humidity rates. Farmers in the South ...

ABIDJAN, April 28 (Reuters) - Abundant rains that continued last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions should help mid-crop development, but growers are struggling to dry their ...

Cocoa farmers in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region have resorted to drying their cocoa beans in their homes following a ...

The cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is farmed within biodiversity hotspots of West Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. Cocoa was traditionally grown under a canopy of native trees that provided ...

Cocoa futures fell to a 10-month low in New York as the start of the crop year in Ivory Coast, the world’s top grower, brought the prospect of fresh supply. The most-active contract fell as much as 4.

Above average rains were recorded in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions last week, bolstering the potential for high-yield harvests ahead of the marketing season if accompanied by occasional ...

ABIDJAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Dry weather for three straight weeks in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions has damaged the quality of beans and threatens to reduce the size of the April-to-September ...

Just as we have seen an increase in the number of microbreweries making specialty beers, the market for chocolate has also developed, so there are more high-end chocolate manufacturers who are trying ...