Climate change is threatening cacao crops, researchers say
Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...
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Cocoa Prices Fall Back After This Week's Rally
ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) on Friday closed down -222 (-2.14%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed down -156 (-1.91%).
Tiny cacao flowers and fickle midges are part of a pollination puzzle that limits chocolate production
The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...
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Managing Complexities of Cocoa Growing with Technology
Dimitra is offering AI-driven apps and IoT-based sensors to cocoa farmers to track the conditions of the crop.
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Climate change is threatening cacao crops, researchers say
leading to shriveled flowers and smaller, rotting cacao pods. The impact of climate change extends beyond heat stress. Cacao trees are also sensitive to rainfall patterns. Cacao thrives when ...