Across West Africa’s cocoa heartland, Eddie Arthur has spent a quarter of a century traveling from farm to farm each day to ...

Changing climatic conditions may adversely affect the tiny midge pollinators which the trees rely on to fertilize their flowers ... pods which contain around 20-60 seeds, known as cocoa beans.

Cocoa prices surged ... leading to shriveled flowers and smaller, rotting cacao pods. The impact of climate change extends beyond heat stress. Cacao trees are also sensitive to rainfall patterns.

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

Cocoa trees are not the most efficient reproducers. Some have estimated that around one in 400-500 cocoa flowers will produce fruit, and only 10% to 30% of pods will reach maturity. Is the future of ...

Across West Africa’s cocoa heartland ... he records the tally from a handful of trees, monitors flowers that can eventually grow into rugby ball-sized pods and tracks how dry or wet the ground ...