The trees of the International Cacao Collection grow here in an astonishing diversity of forms, bearing skinny cacao pods with scorpion-stinger protrusions, spherical green pods that could be mistaken ...
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AgroNetica, a leader in applying CRISPR technology for cacao, today unveils its revolutionary "super-cacao" project. While other companies focus on ...
Chocolate is one of the world's most widely consumed foods. It is made from cacao beans grown by millions of smallholder farmers globally. High-quality cacao beans require optimal growing conditions, ...
Cacao was in use in South America centuries before its exploitation by civilisations in Mexico and Central America, experts say The key ingredient of chocolate was being used in South America ...
MANILA, Philippines — Fermin Anog, 61, has been a farmer all his life. Prior to the introduction of a community-based participatory action research (CPAR) project in Calinan District, Davao, Mang ...
For the first time, researchers have identified a gene that controls flowering in cacao, a discovery that may help accelerate breeding efforts aimed at improving the disease-ridden plant, they ...