The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

"We didn't get a single drop of rain." Farmers in top cocoa-producing country sound alarm over this year's crop: 'It's not ...

But as prices soared to record levels, Sackey pulled up his cocoa trees, which had been decimated over the past two years by cacao swollen-shoot virus, a disease that causes root necrosis and is ...

Forcipomyia are only around one to three millimetres in length. This makes them the perfect size to access the hooded, pollen-producing anthers of the cocoa tree's small flowers. But there is a short ...

Among the trends predicted in 2025 are a greater emphasis on fusion cuisine, more use of flowers and mushrooms in meals, more cocoa-infused beverage and culinary innovations — and increased ...