The increase in illicit trade has made it harder for international buyers to source beans, as Ivorian suppliers struggle to fulfil their contracts.

Australian cocoa producers aren't normally the cheapest source of the sweet treat's key ingredient, but with global supply ...

Few pleasures are as universally cherished as chocolate mdash;but behind every indulgent bite lies a complex journey that begins in the cocoa farms of Ghana and across West Africa .

This Juneteenth, a Colorado company is calling attention to the continued use of child and slave labor in the production of ...

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In the first five months of this year, China's import value of agricultural products from Africa reached 15.83 billion yuan, ...

George Matthew moved into cocoa production to keep his farm going If ... 1% of the world's cocoa bean production. Global production is currently dominated by West Africa, where Côte d'Ivoire ...

At the heart of the current spike in cocoa prices is a major shortage of cocoa beans. A catastrophic 2024 harvest hit plantations all over West Africa. It was caused by the so-called cocoa swollen ...

RIACHAO DAS NEVES, Brazil (Reuters) - In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa ... farm would dwarf the size of the small farms in West Africa ...

But those raids had an unexpected benefit - cocoa seeds were spread all over the farm ... world's cocoa bean production. Global production is currently dominated by West Africa, where Côte ...