Cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio has raised $4.5 million in a seed round to produce its cell-cultured cocoa ingredients for ...

The Cadbury and Toblerone maker was among the investors who participated in a $4.5 million financing round for the developer ...

Cocoa futures climbed to the highest in nearly six months on mounting concerns over lower output in West Africa, with global supplies already tight. The most-active contract rose as much as 2.4% ...

“Uganda is among the countries with potential to grow cocoa. All districts surrounding lakes Kyoga, Victoria, Edward, George and Albert are all suitable for growing it. I want to call upon the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A huge cocoa shortage has hit the world's top cocoa-growing countries. Now, for the third year in a row, there are not enough cocoa beans to meet global demand.

This is especially devastating, as to grow one cocoa tree takes about five years from the seed. And losing a single tree means losing 30-40 cocoa pods at once. All of this is a challenge to the ...

But Ms Vicinanza-Bedi argues that using a single bean variety ... research fellow at the University of Nottingham, says: "Growing cocoa is a very risky business. Yields can vary greatly from ...