This chart shows the world's main cocoa bean producing and importing countries in 2024/2025 (in 1,000 tonnes).

Learn about the two forms of cocoa powder, when to use Dutch-process cocoa and when to use natural or regular cocoa, and how to substitute one for the other. Cocoa powder, the ground cacao powder ...

Cocoa has been the backbone of the Ghanaian economy for more than a century. The produce is exported and processed overseas. But citizens are barred by law from processing cocoa from their farms into ...

The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed ...

Carob trees produce small, brown, banana-shaped pods containing seeds. It's possible to process the pods to create a cocoa-like powder. This chocolate alternative has a long history, however ...

“Based on his advice, I conducted the budding process for the plant to the normal cocoa plant and it provided high-quality beans. It was the beginning of Mankuva cocoa. The quality of the soil ...