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Gulf shipping standoff hits world’s most vulnerable farmersGlobal supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by international conflicts, are making essential farming inputs scarce and unaffordable for sm...
Can Indian craft chocolate go global and compete with the world's finest?Indian craft chocolate is growing. It aims to compete with global brands. Brands focus on local cacao from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and K...
Cash crunch stalls cocoa and coffee trading around the worldA surge in cocoa and coffee futures prices has strained traders' finances, hindering global shipments. Rising costs and financing difficult...
Cocoa soars above $11,000 a ton as processing pace holds upFigures released Thursday showed so-called grinds — where cocoa is turned into butter and powder used in confectionery — fell only about 2%...
Sweet Profits, Bitter Reality: Who gains the most from the cocoa price surge?The cocoa industry is facing significant shifts as cocoa prices soar, driven by poor harvests in West Africa. While prices have surged to r...
Why prices for chocolate and cocoa went nutsFor much of the past decade, the price of cocoa in one key global benchmark hovered around $2,500 per metric ton.
Why the world of chocolate is in crisisFor the world’s chocolate makers, the crisis is here. Plants have been forced to shutter from Malaysia to Germany and Chicago.
Chocolate prices are rising everywhere as cocoa rots in West AfricaIt’s a climate crisis playing out across Ivory Coast and Ghana, the heavyweights of cocoa, with consequences for global food inflation and ...
Cote d'lvoire looking for direct sale of cocoa products to IndiaCote d'Ivoire, the largest cocoa producer in the world, is looking to explore the Indian market for direct marketing of cocoa and cocoa-bas...
World’s top food producers push back on deforestation rulesThe consumers worldwide may end up footing the bill as producers pass on the new costs to them.
How AI can bring transparency and visibility to supply chains, improve security and traceability of productsModern AI algorithms such as Deep Learning can help organizations to sense the demand accurately. At first glance, demand sensing might see...
When Africa's 'chocolate islands' meet luxury, a flavourful journey beginsThe 'chocolate islands' were the world's leading cocoa producer at the end of the 19th century.
Farmer collective to turn Idukki to fully organic farming districtManarcadu Social Service Society (Mass) a collective of 5000 organic farmers cultivating spices, coffee and cocoa in 5800 acres is hoping t...
Chocolate may cost more as cocoa rates increase 28% in 2017Global cocoa prices have increased 28 per cent over the past year.
Chocolate may cost more as cocoa rates increase 28% in 2017Global cocoa prices have increased 28% over the past year and are set to climb further following a crisis in West Africa, the top producing...
Despite growing demand for chocolate, India imports most of its CocoaIn India, cocoa is grown primarily as an intercrop in Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, as the tree requires about 40-50 per cent s...
Kerala-based farmers' cooperative to start a cafe chainA farmers’ cooperative based in Kottayam cultivating organic crop is planning to roll out a string of coffee shops across the country selli...
El Nino weather hits many crops, boosts soybeans, Japanese-led study showsThursday's study said mean maize yields fell 2.3 % in El Nino years compared to normal in 1984-2004, rice was down 0.4% and wheat 1.4 %
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Sweden comes second & Denmark third merely underlines the International Cocoa Organization's data that Europeans account for nearly half th...
- Cocoa cultivation rising in southern states
Robust trend in bean prices triggered by a global shortage of cocoa has prompted some southern states to spread the cultivation to more are...