Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a vital cash-crop for four to six million small-holder farmers across the tropics, and supports ...

Climate change threatens global cocoa and chocolate production, but a new study highlights a promising solution—pollination.

Ghana is the second largest cocoa producer ... interviews with 814 cocoa-producers and biodiversity surveys on 119 cocoa plantations, covering 46 villages in five major cocoa-growing regions ...

Ghana will need billions of dollars to treat, reclaim and restore vast degraded lands and waterbodies caused by activities of ...

For centuries, cocoa farming has been a lifeline for millions of smallholder farmers across the tropics. It is more than just an agricultural crop; it fuels a global chocolate industry valued at over ...

they were unable to find any effects on biodiversity in the cocoa plantations. The results were published in the journal Ecological Economics. Ghana is the second largest cocoa producer in the ...

Ghana’s cocoa industry faces significant challenges, threatening its status as the world’s number two producer top producer. Illegal gold mining, known as “galamsey,” continues to destroy vast tracts ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), as the industry regulator, is expected to lead such an initiative. However, skepticism remains due to past mismanagement of government-owned plantations ...

According to data from the Bank of Ghana, cocoa export earnings have ... This viral disease has weakened the health of cocoa plantations, leading to further reductions in production.