In his determination to ensure the economic development and investment promotion in Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, ...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a vital cash-crop for four to six million small-holder farmers across the tropics, and supports a global chocolate industry valued at over USD 100 billion annually. The ...

"In the old days, you would open the door, and it would be a hive of activity. Now it's all closed down," sighs 89-year-old Agida Lucia. "Over there was the canteen. Up there, the foreman's office.

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 ...

Climate change threatens agricultural production across sub‐Saharan Africa, where most farmers rely on rainfall. A study by researchers at the University of Göttingen and the European Commission's ...

Judith Kahindo takes a risk every time she goes to her cocoa plantation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Copyright AFP JOEL SAGET Judith Kahindo takes a risk ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A farmer holds an opened cocoa pod at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung province, Indonesia, Wednesday ...