I want to preface this column by reminding you that April Fool’s Day is past, so as you read these stories, please know I ...

Divergence time estimates suggest that Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum shared a common ancestor ~10.11 million years ago, with Theobroma cacao diverging around 7.55 million years ago.

Cope, F W. 1938. Some factors controlling the yield of young cacao—II. 8th Ann Rep on Cacao Res (Trin.), pp. 4–15. Cope, F W. 1939. Studies in the mechanism of self-incompatibility in cacao-II.

The community gets its name from the abundance of trees in the area that produce ... holds a white cacao pod (Theobroma bicolor) from the community chacra. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900 to 4,900 feet] altitude was considered crazy,” says ...

Mumbai: Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital is poised to acquire a controlling stake in bakery chain Theobroma Foods for ₹2,200-2,300 crore, two people aware of the development said.

TO boost the cacao industry in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently turned over the Enhanced Cacao Processing Center to the Bangaan Agriculture ...

Here’s how “Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other ...

EVANS, Ga. — There’s a lot of talk about trees these days in northeast Georgia. Specifically, the trees lining fairways and towering over greens at the region’s big-time golf courses.