The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the ...

According to the cocoa farmers, proceeds from cocoa farming in the outgoing season tripled what they realised in the previous ...

Presenter Hazel Lindsey travels from England to West Africa, to investigate the use of child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana. She travels to the village of Akyem Ofoase, about five hours from ...

But cocoa is in crisis. Productivity is declining. Plantations are well beyond their most productive years, and cocoa farmers are getting older as well. And, because of climate change, West Africa, ...

Older trees also yield less cocoa, and most of the world’s cocoa plantations are well past their peak production years. Cocoa farmers usually clear tropical forests to plant new cocoa trees rather ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the ...

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

"I find myself working on new varieties of chocolate all the time, experimenting with beans from both historic and emerging cacao plantations of the equator, applying varying grinding and roasting ...

Malaysia is aiming to re-establish itself as a leading cocoa hub in Asia, with Sabah playing a vital role in this ambition, ...

(ANTARA/Muzdaffar Fauzan/rst) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Industry announced that the establishment of the Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP) will support the development of a sustainable ...

The Malaysian International Cocoa Fair (MICF) 2025 will be held for the first time in Sabah from May 24 to May 27, 2025, at ...