In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a ...

Home to countless bird, fish and plant species, the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe make up in wildlife what they lack in ...

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sanitary pruning of cacao, pruning of shade trees and fertilization on cacao flowering and fruiting. The study was carried out in a 40-year old ...

Like many in the area, Mr Posseni said he is “extremely worried” about the future if the situation worsens. “By 2030, if nothing is done, we won’t have any cocoa trees because, with climate change, ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...

A farmer uses a chainsaw to trim a cocoa tree at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Share ...

A farmer holds an opened cocoa pod at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. Credit: AP/Dita Alangkara By The Associated Press March 15, 2025 ...

A farmer uses a chainsaw to trim a cocoa tree at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) ...

“Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other organizations ...

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops against the bitter impacts of climate change. Hotter and wetter weather is ...

TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed ...