Growing cacao trees also requires a lot of water, yet only the seeds of the fruit are harvested. One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa beans — the fermented ...

ADZOPÉ, Ivory Coast—In the central clearing of a steep-sloped cocoa plantation, surrounded by trees dripping with ... than half of the world’s cocoa beans, the law will also apply to global ...

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

But agriculture modernisation efforts have encouraged the development of "full-sun" monocrop plantations that only focus on growing cocoa beans, without the use of companion plants or trees.

Each bean is hand sorted and graded ... The land gets between 50 to 70 inches of rain annually, which keeps its 3,200 thirsty cacao trees watered, and organic fertilizer is used to boost soil health.

The fruit of the cocoa tree is a pod full of sweet pulp enfolding ... removing infected pods and harvesting regularly. The beans are then removed from the pods with their surrounding pulp.