Chocolate is a beloved foodstuff with a nigh incalculable number of beans produced around the world each year. But only one country can produce the most.

Cocoa grinders in Ivory Coast, the world’s top producer, are struggling with poor-quality beans with unusually high levels of waste material mixed into deliveries arriving from farms, piling on ...

How does chocolate grow on trees? In this clip from Dr Karl's How Things Work, Dr Karl learns that a fruit called a cacao pod is the start of all deliciousness in the chocolate-making world.

Minecraft's Overworld realm is filled with various biomes growing all kinds of vegetation, including cocoa.

Cocoa volatility was driven by disease and climate change in 2024, as trade tensions and tariffs complicate the commodity’s price in 2025.

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For example, animal feed and potash can be produced from cocoa pod husks. Alcohol, pectin, jelly, soft drinks, wine, and vinegar can be produced from sweatings or bean pulp juice, while cocoa butter ...

Indonesia’s cocoa farmers work with businesses to fight the bitter impact of climate change Indonesia is the third-largest producer of cocoa in the world, behind Cote D’Ivoire and Ghana.

Cocoa farmer Sarwono, right, speaks during a cocoa farmer's cooperative meeting at his house in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

Scientists have discovered a new way of making chocolate that uses the entire cocoa pod to reduce waste and improve farmer revenue streams. But can chocolate made any other way taste as sweet?

Following heavy rain in much of Ivory Coast, pod counters and exporters are starting to lower their production forecasts for the main cocoa crop due to high flower and cherelle mortality after the ...

Why cocoa-efficient chocolate-making process could solve sector headaches By using more of the cocoa pod, the new chocolate-making method could bring down prices and diversify revenues for farmers.