Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

Farmers warn all cocoa trees could be ‘destroyed’ by 2030. Here’s why - While UK shoppers pay 50 per cent more for some ...

Farmers, officials and industry leaders in Ivory Coast said fairer prices for cocoa are more urgent than ever before.

Farmers generally work off small plots of land and cocoa trees need space around them. In Ghana, 91% of cocoa farmers earn below a living income, according to a recent study by the Swiss Platform ...

Perhaps as long as 2,600 years ago, Mesoamerican peoples began using the beans of the wild cacao tree to brew up a bitter, caffeinated drink to which they added various spices. The Maya took up ...

Others include improving market access for farmers, cutting back old cocoa trees, to encourage new growth, and improve the genetic makeup of existing ones. Read also: Cocoa output to rise on improved ...

Giving more details about the new fertiliser, he intimated that it contained nutrients for cocoa trees and that the product had been tested by CRIG, which proved that no adverse effect would be ...

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