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

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

History of Chocolate The NIB study states that the history of chocolate began with the Maya, who were probably the first people in South America to cultivate the cocoa plant. It also states that ...

If you plant, you can eat.” So goes the often repeated line from the multi-award-winning Tigkiwili, one of the eight ...

Texts from the 16th century show the plant was used by Indigenous people medicinally to treat an array of ailments and cacao was consumed in rituals and ceremonies, mostly to repair relationships ...

Climate change and rising temperatures pose a major threat to cacao production across the globe, with those impacts already felt in major producers such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. A new study ...

Farmers report that cocoa plants are struggling to flower, and those that have produced pods yield small, low-quality fruit.

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

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 ...

climate-resilient varieties of cocoa plants. In Indonesia, cocoa production is experiencing declining yields, partly due to climate change, notes Banerjee. "The study's findings suggest that ...

DAVAO CITY—Cacao farmers here will plant another batch of 50,000 cacao seedlings, double those of what they planted last year, the City Agriculturist Officer (CAgro) said.