Dimitra is offering AI-driven apps and IoT-based sensors to cocoa farmers to track the conditions of the crop.

HAZLETON, PA. — Cargill is planning to halt production at its cocoa and chocolate facility in Hazleton, Pa., in May.

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a vital cash-crop for four to six million small-holder farmers across the tropics, and supports ...

An RD dishes on the benefits of cocoa flavanols for your heart and brain—and shares one simple way to incorporate them into ...

Climate change is substantially affecting cocoa production in a region of Africa that accounts for more than 70% of global ...

Intercontinental Exchange cocoa futures prices are nearly double ... tree is mature enough to start producing beans, and the plants remain fragile in the first few years of their life, he says.

If tonnes of beans go to China instead of Europe or US, chocolate makers in those regions will feel the loss, expert says.