El rebote del mercado internacional revive la expectativa en Ecuador, aunque la demanda global sigue débil y persiste la ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Ecuador is on course to produce more than 650,000 metric tons of cocoa in the 2026/27 season and could surpass Ghana as the world's second largest grower of the chocolate ingredient, ...

The Washu Project helps farmers in northern Ecuador conserve forests and save forest-dwelling species by combining scientific research, environmental education, and strengthening communities. The ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ecuador’s Jama-Coaque Reserve, nestled within a vibrant cloud forest ecosystem, is part of what might be the world’s most endangered tropical ...

In Ecuador, researchers are conserving the genetic legacy of cocoa (Theobroma cacao), the raw material of chocolate. Cesar Guillermo Tapia Bastidas, head of Ecuador's national department of ...

Sustainable chocolate improves transparency and ethical sourcing but largely overlooks cocoa's core climate resilience problem, leaving supply chains more vulnerable.

Shawn Askinosie, owner of a gourmet chocolate factory located on Commercial Street in Springfield, Missouri, sources his cacao beans directly from farmers in Ecuador, the Amazon, the Philippines, and ...

To facilitate sustainable, local cacao production for the finest chocolate, XAG agricultural drone is adopted by cacao growers in Ecuador and provides relief to labour shortage during the busy season.

When the food company Blue Stripes first began developing recipes in 2018, its CEO and co-founder, Oded Brenner, whirled through the company’s kitchen, tasting everything. Blue Stripes makes snacks ...

The 70% Solution journeys up river from Guayaquil, Ecuador's most populous city, in search of the sometimes problematic, sometimes magnificent Arriba cocoa bean and the burnished dark bars of ...

Ecuador sits on a gold mine of cacao. In its 19th-century heyday, the country was the world’s leading exporter, but plant disease and global market changes cost Ecuador its top spot in the early 1900s ...

VANCOUVER, CANADA—The Guardian reports that members of the Mayo Chinchipe culture, who lived in what is now Ecuador, made a beverage with the seeds of the cacao tree about 1,500 years earlier than the ...