Cocoa beans are in short supply: What this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers

A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana

Sweet tooth

"No" to sweet poison

INDONESIA

A chocolate challenge

NIGERIA

From the blurbs

COLOMBIA

Cocoa capers

Ghana’s cocoa industry aims at sustainability

Companies are making the transition towards efficient and cleaner production methods

Cash-strapped cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast struggle with poor harvest

Erratic weather blamed for low quality of beans

Is ‘chocapocalypse’ looming? Why we need to understand what’s at stake

Even though developed markets are at the forefront of chocolate indulgence, future growth opportunities could be elsewhere

Cocoa wilts in Ghana

Ghana, known to provide a favourable price regime to cocoa farmers, discontinues the perks as the crop price crashes in international market

Child labour on farms in Africa: It’s important to make a distinction between what’s harmful, and what isn’t

Reframing the debate about child labour in African agriculture, and how best to address it, is particularly timely

Cacao tree originated 10 million years ago: scientists

Early evolutionary origin of the species is good news as it suggests that cacao has had enough time to diversify genetically

Child slavery in West Africa: Understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice

Surveys and studies on child slavery in West African cocoa farming have failed to consider its causes