Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

Any chocolate lover can probably tell you that cacao is the most important ingredient in any chocolate confection. But not ...

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate ...

The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...

Andrew Fister, postdoctoral scholar in plant science, stands among cacao trees in the African country of Ivory Coast. Pods turning yellow and black are infected with black pod disease. Disclaimer ...

Now, the cacao is flourishing, producing colorful pods full of beans and nibs from which chocolate is made. A worker transports cacao pods to be husked. -- BRAD PAULSON photo “The neem and panax ...

But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production ... the pods are harvested by hand and then split open to extract the seeds, which undergo ...

As you nibble on a chocolate truffle or bite into a chocolate-dipped strawberry on Valentine’s Day, consider the elongated, ribbed pods of the cacao tree, which made that sweet treat possible.

Chocolate prices surge in South Korea due to climate change impacting cocoa supply Cocoa futures reach record highs amid ...