From seed to orchard, the cacao growing process can take up to two years ... Harvesting is done by hand because appropriate equipment isn’t available on the market. Each bean is hand sorted and graded ...

Cacao beans are actually seeds taken from pod-like fruits. They are used to make chocolate products like cocoa. Cocoa powder ...

It is dried and the seeds can be fermented to make cocoa butter ... Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of the Scio forest reserve in Duekoue, Ivory Coast.