The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the ...

BANGUED, Abra (PIA) — The Provincial Government of Abra with the Regional Cacao Industry Development Council distributed ...

The productivity of cacao trees decreases with time, forcing farmers to renew their plantations by either cutting down the ...

An international team found that cacao grafting is a useful measure to rejuvenate cacao plants, increasing their yield and profits with minimal impact on biodiversity. The productivity of cacao ...

Grafting cacao trees can enhance production without harming biodiversity. By grafting high-yielding native cultivars onto older trees, yields increased by 45% within two years.

Cocoa powder is made from cacao beans, which come from the plant Theobroma cacao L. Cacao beans are the primary ingredient in chocolate, but they can also be ground into cocoa powder. The powder ...

Diaz del Castillo, an officer with Hernan Cortez wrote: "From time to time the men of Montezuma's guard brought him, in cups of pure gold, a drink made from the cocoa-plant, which they said he ...

Rather than focusing solely on the cacao bean, the company uses the entire cacao plant, from the fruit pulp to the shell across all of their product lines. The brand recently made headlines ...

Cocoa was the best-performing commodity in 2024 ... at helping farmers—and a fast-moving virus that has ravaged their plants.

less-productive trees and plant new ones to increase production, especially as farms are ravaged by diseases. Like other cocoa farmers, Mensah has diversified: He now grows cassava and maize ...