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Crushing diseases that purged cocoa crops in West Africa, combined with a difficult growing season -- similar to the weather woes that spurred a spike in coffee prices-- have driven up cocoa ...

Remove from oven and cool. 6. Heat butter in a pan. Add plums. Sprinkle on sugar. Cook for 5 minutes. 2. 7. Flambe with rum. Serve warm on sponge discs with ice cream. Dust with cocoa before serving.

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 fruit of the cocoa tree is a pod full of sweet pulp enfolding a cluster of about 20 to 40 cocoa seeds. Cocoa takes about two and a half years to mature and gives two harvests in a year.