Yellow cacao pod against a blue background

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

Cocoa

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

Cocoa fruit pod on tree, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

Cocoa fruit pod on tree, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

Cocoa fruit pod on tree, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

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

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

Cocoa pods for sale; Chiapas, Mexico