(The Conversation) – A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate ...

When the morning mist settles over the cocoa farms of the Eastern Region, 57-year-old Mary Bampoh, in Akim Potroase, walks ...

Agroforestry systems, which integrate trees and shrubs into farming, are vital to achieving sustainable cocoa production in West Africa where 70 percent of the world cocoa is produced. Climate change ...

Cocoa remains Ghana’s most important agricultural export commodity and a pillar of livelihoods across its major producing ...

The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast over the past decade despite industry promises to ...

The global price of cocoa is spiking, a direct response to dwindling cocoa output in West Africa. In September, cocoa futures reached a 44-year price peak due to mounting concerns over reduced ...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) on Friday closed down -200 (-3.64%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) closed down -37 ( ...

In Cameroon, the astonishing surge in the price of cocoa has Banyuy Elsie Kinyuy planning the next chapter of her life. In November, the 57-year-old high school tutor bought a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) ...

Cocoa remains one of Africa’s most traded and valuable agricultural commodities, sustaining millions of farmers and keeping global ...

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is up +1,193 (+11.78%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is up +997 (+12.28%). Cocoa prices today are soaring on crop production concerns in West Africa. Some ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24) on Monday closed up +536 (+6.21%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24) closed up +23 (+0.36%). Cocoa prices rallied Monday, with NY cocoa up sharply at a 2-month ...