John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Dried fermented cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans in a sack for processing into chocolate and other products, Mindanao, Philippines, February

Nigel Cattlin / Drying and fermenting cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans in various stages in tiered containers, Mindanao, Philippines

Konrad Wothe / Man processing Cocoa harvest, drying the cocoa beans, coastal rainforest, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.

Konrad Wothe / Man harvesting cocoa pods, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.

Konrad Wothe / Man harvesting Cocoa pods harvest, with donkey to carry the pods, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.

Konrad Wothe / Man harvesting Cocoa pods harvest, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.

Konrad Wothe / Donkey laden with baskets during Cocoa harvest, coastal rainforest, Almada farm, Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.

Adrian Davies / Cacao / Cocoa Tree (Theobroma cacao) with seed pods, Costa Rica.

Morley Read / Aerial tracking shot over a plantation of Cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) cut out of the rainforest by a colonist, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon, 2017.

Morley Read / Aerial shot ascending over a plantation of Cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) cut out of the rainforest by a colonist, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon, 2017.

Ernie Janes / Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) showing fruit pod

Ernie Janes / Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) pod opened showing cacao beans.

Ernie Janes / Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) fruit pod

Claudio Contreras / Cacao (Theobroma cacao) fruit, Oaxaca, southern Mexico, December

Pedro Narra / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) flower in plantation, Principe Island, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.

Pedro Narra / Cocoa plant (Theobroma cacao) fruit in plantation, Principe Island, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe,

Pedro Narra / Cocoa plant (Theobroma cacao) fruit in plantation, Principe Island, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe,

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with flowers, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with flowers, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with ripening seed pods, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with ripening seed pod, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with ripening seed pod, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with flowers, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with ripening seed pod, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with ripening seed pod, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Cacao / Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) plant with ripening seed pod, Costa Rica.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production from cocoa beans. Showing cocoa beans with skin, toasted and ground cocoa paste, Puerto Jimenez, The Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production from cocoa beans. Showing ground cocoa paste, Puerto Jimenez, The Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans and sign, Puerto Jimenez, The Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. November 2014.

Cyril Ruoso / Cocoa plantation (Theobroma cacao) fruit in plantation, Cross River State, Nigeria.

John Cancalosi / Cacao (Theobroma cacao) young fruits. Used to make chocolate, occurs in tropical regions of Central and South America.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) fruit, Ilheus, Brazil.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) tool for turning naturally drying beans, Ilheus, Brazil.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) opened fruit infected by black pod (Phytophthora palmivora), Ilheus, Brazil.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) fruit, Ilheus, Brazil, December.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) workers on cocoa farm with tools turning naturally drying beans, Ilheus, Brazil, December.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans drying naturally, Ilheus, Brazil, December.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) pod, near Baracoa, Cuba, November.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) pod, near Baracoa, Cuba, November.

Chris Mattison / Cocoa pods (Theobroma cacao) growing, Ecuador, October.

Michele Westmorland / Spice plantation where Nutmeg (Myristica), Bayleaf and Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) are dried and prepared for sale, Grenada, West-Indies, Caribbean, May 2009.

Michele Westmorland / Spice plantation where Nutmeg (Myristica), Bayleaf and Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) are dried and prepared for sale, Grenada, West-Indies, Caribbean, May 2009.

Jurgen Freund / Fresh Coca beans (Theobroma cacao) laid out on the ground for drying, West Papua, Indonesia, July 2009.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fruits of Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) Atlantic Rainforest of Southern Bahia, municipality of Una, southern Bahia State, Eastern Brazil. August

Pete Oxford / Stages of chocolate production. Whole cocoa pod (Theobroma cacao), split cocoa pod showing raw beans, raw beans removed from pod, dried and roasted beans being ground. Ecuador, 2005

Pete Oxford / Stages of chocolate production. Whole cocoa pod (Theobroma cacao), split cacoa pod showing raw beans, raw beans removed from pod, dried and roasted beans. Ecuador, 2005

Nick Gordon / Cocoa fruit / pod {Theobroma cacao} growing in rainforest, Amazonia, Brazil