Cocoa production

Grafting can increase cocoa yields, while preventing agricultural production areas from expanding into tropical forests.

Cocoa production

An international research team led by Göttingen University in Germany sheds light on a promising new approach to improve climate resilience in cocoa agroforestry across West Africa.

Cocoa production

To ensure that farmers do not lose access to the EU as an export destination for their cocoa, GIZ’s global Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) develops the digital innovation “Open Cocoa Chain”…

Cocoa production

Researchers at ETH Zurich have teamed up with the food industry to produce a whole-fruit variety of chocolate. This helps increase the value creation of cocoa farming – and is healthier.

Cocoa production

A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardising the global supply of the world’s most popular treat.

Cocoa production

How can cocoa cultivation be improved with the right pollination technique? A team of researchers, also from Germany’s Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg (JMU), have looked at how this can best be achieved.

Cocoa production

Our authors take a look at different cacao farming systems. They explore what sustainable cacao farming can look like and explain why agroforestry systems play a crucial role.

Cocoa production

Cacao has been cultivated in the western Amazon since prehistoric times, and the area is a valuable resource for the genetic diversity of cacao plants. Local varieties help boost biodiversity and produce fine-flavoured…

Cocoa production

Cocoa, a major commodity globally, depends on insects for pollination. However, the cocoa pollinator’s identity is largely unknown and there are important knowledge gaps regarding landscape and farm-level management…

Cocoa production

At the invitation of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH the first multinational meeting of the actors in the West African cocoa sector was held at the end of November in Abidjan, Côte…