In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a global shortage of the main ingredient in chocolate feeds a price bonanza.

In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a ...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has disclosed that he has set up a cocoa farm to contribute his quota to reviving Nigeria’s cocoa industry. Shettima said that he is working on the farm and ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria has the potential to earn up to $50,000 per tonne by processing its cocoa into finished products such as chocolate bars, instead of exporting raw cocoa ...

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25) today is up +622 (+6.83%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25) is up +256 (+4.13%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher as fund short-covering emerged after a federal ...

Using re-usable plastic bioreactors rather than pricey steel tanks for plant cell culture could enable the cost-effective bioproduction not just of high-value cocoa-based nutraceuticals, but even a ...

"Although local cocoa bean production remains modest ... and the gala dinner – all of which contribute to the objective of strengthening the cocoa value chain from farm to the global market," he said.

"Although local cocoa bean production remains modest ... to the objective of strengthening the cocoa value chain from farm to the global market," he said. MICC 2025 welcomed over 1,000 ...

Chocolate is a favorite worldwide. But cocoa is becoming more expensive and yields are falling. Swiss start-ups have alternative ideas! Elon Musk officially announces departure from Trump’s ...