ADZOPÉ, Ivory Coast—In the central clearing of a steep-sloped cocoa plantation, surrounded by trees dripping with fat green pods, Brice-Armel Konan raised his smartphone toward the sky and ...

The children work with sharp machetes to weed and trim cocoa trees, cut down cocoa pods and open them ... Two children who work on a Mars-associated plantation say they returned to work immediately ...

It was a bad time to inherit a rubber plantation, falling rubber prices meant it kept losing money. So, 10 years ago Dr Matthew decided to experiment with cocoa trees, hoping they would generate ...

improved agricultural practices which are expected to lead to improved cocoa tree yields. Selbourne Estate is owned by Kuala Lumpur Kepong BHD, one of the top plantation companies in Malaysia and ...

KUCHING: The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry is targeting the cocoa replanting project to reach 1,000 hectares (ha) by 2023 to increase the country’s cocoa output. Its deputy ...