Man holding a open cocoa bean (cacao bean) (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Cacao (cocoa) beans freshly harvested and ready for making into chocolate, Belize, Central America

The cocoa bean (cacao bean) (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Man collecting cocoa beans at the Cocoa plantation Roca Aguaize, East coast of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Cocoa

BOLIVIA ECOTOPS projects in Alto Beni. Sandra Gonzales clearing weeds from the family plot, where many crops including cacao, bananas, beans, vegetables and coca are growing

BOLIVIA ECOTOPS projects in Alto Beni. Sandra Gonzales and friend drying cacao beans in the sun, Remolinos

BOLIVIA ECOTOPS projects in Alto Beni. Harvested cacao fruits

Drying cocoa beans, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

The cocoa bean, also cacao bean (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Cocoa beans in one hand, close-up, cocoa factory, batete, organic, Equatorial Guinea, Africa

Young cocoa beans, also cacao beans (Theobroma cacao), Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

Woman holding cocoa beans in ther hands, Cocoa plantation Roca Aguaize, East coast of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Drying cocoa beans, Plantation Roca Monte Cafe, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, Atlantic ocean, Africa

A pile of colorful Cacao (Theobroma cacao) pods in Choroni, Venezuela.

Men pass a street painting of cacao pods in Puerto Colombia, Venezuela.

Organic Chocolate Manufacturing. A person holding a handful of cocoa beans, the seed of Theobroma cacao, raw materials for chocolate making, Woodstock, New York, USA

Organic Chocolate Manufacturing. A person holding a handful of cocoa beans, the seed of Theobroma cacao, raw materials for chocolate making, Woodstock, New York, USA