Nearly everyone loves chocolate. Increasingly, that includes those living in China, the world’s second most populous nation.

Idukki’s Mankuva cocoa, a rare and premium variety of cocoa cultivated along the Chinnar river, is on its way to securing the ...

Kerala's cocoa industry sees growth with launch of farmer producer company, aiming to boost income and quality of cocoa beans.

But agriculture modernisation efforts have encouraged the development of "full-sun" monocrop plantations that only focus on growing cocoa beans, without the use of companion plants or trees.