New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

Cacao has a deep cultural significance in Black communities, where there is ancestral wisdom in its history. The journey of ...

Cacao ceremonies are being performed at yoga studios, meditation centers and sound baths. Here's the story behind this ...

Climate change poses a major well-known risk to cacao production. But a new study finds that low pollination is also limiting ...

Consider growing gliricidia known as ‘madre-de-cacao’ as a nitrogen fixing overstory plant that will protect your tree from hot sun and strong winds. Cacao trees usually start to flower and ...

Exploring ways for cocoa farmers to hand pollinate their crops could help offset crop losses resulting from climate changes, ...

“The drought means we are losing 60 percent of our cocoa plants. I have seen a drastic decline in income, as have all the farmers in my farming cooperative,” Essah-Mensah told Grist. Kat ...

Cacao, the plant behind chocolate, is under threat. A disease called black pod rot is attacking cacao pods, damaging crops and putting the global chocolate supply at risk. The disease, caused by ...

They found that climate change made the temperature too hot to grow cacao trees - the plant that makes cocoa beans - for three weeks a year. Researchers said that "excessive heat can contribute to ...