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 ...

Chocolate is a treat that is widely consumed across the globe, and the cacao tree remains one of the most important plants in the world. Not only are the plant’s cocoa beans used to make ...

Forcipomyia are only around one to three millimetres in length. This makes them the perfect size to access the hooded, pollen-producing anthers of the cocoa tree's small flowers. But there is a short ...

ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) on Friday closed down -222 (-2.14%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed down -156 (-1.91%).

The cost of cocoa reached a record high in December 2024, and the price keeps climbing. How is industry reacting and what ...