The Hershey Company is planning to invest $10 million in West Africa to expand and accelerate programs to improve cocoa communities.....

Agricultural commodities started the year positively, supported by supply worries and a weaker dollar, said Barclays Capital in a snippet.....

High price and lack of availability of cocoa is expected to make the chocolates the most expensive luxury item in near future.....

Paliades Petroleum completes agreement with leading West African cocoa producing nations' cocoa boards for having continued supply of cocoa for the whole year.....

CBOT grain prices edged higher on Tuesday, led by wheat, as Italy successfully completed its bond auction. Front-month December corn contract closed 6.25 cents higher on the day at $5....

Indonesia has been feeding the increasing demand for agricultural commodities especially in the rapidly expanding emerging markets but its forward march in this sector is beset with some key challe....

 ICE cocoa prices slumped to a two-year low at $ 2500/t, pressured by increased flow of main crop cocoa out of West Africa, combined with broad-based weakness in commodity markets.....

Across ICE soft commodities, cocoa and sugar posted declines of 0.85% and 0.31% respectively on the day as doubts remained surrounding Europe’s bailout package. Coffee bucked the trend, posti....

Unless global warming is checked, the next big casualty would be cocoa trees, or in other words, yours beloved piece of sinful salvation: Chocolate. Let us come to the point. Cocoa is mainly c....

India's cashew nut production needs strategic schemes to reach new levels, said Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI)....

Adverse weather and outbreak of deadly fungal disease has affected the production of cocoa in Indonesia, the third largest producer of cocoa, which caused the exports to fall more than 60% in the l....

The movements in a relatively insignificant product can be indicative of the fact that recovery in the developed countries from the infamous great recession has not been met.....

In 2011-12, Barclays expect a decline in cocoa supplies, leading to a 48000 tons deficit that should support prices. ICE cocoa prices are currently hovering around $2900/t, and prices are expected ....

Mixed sentiments prevailed in key plantation markets with rubber, sugar prices remaining subdued while coffee prices soared on rising demand and weather concerns in Brazil. Cocoa prices continue to....

Rising hopes for West African cocoa production this year could help balance out an expected deficit in 2011-12, the head of the International Cocoa Organization said.....