Mars Mission to Save Chocolate

[Michaelangelica]

Mars is doing this and all reseach will be in the public domain!! :)

May great Karma come to them. :singer:

I'm off to buy a Mars Bar (one of my favourite things)

Do the Mars Brothers still own Mars (the company not the planet)

Fungal diseases are estimated to cost cocoa farmers an estimated 700 million U.S. dollars annually.

 

The analysis will not only identify what traits make cocoa-producing cacao trees susceptible, but it also will give scientists—and candymakers—a better understanding of every aspect of cocoa, from the ability of the trees to sustain drought to the flavor of chocolate.

To Save Chocolate, Scientists to Map Cocoa Genome

IBM says the five-year project will help the more than 6.5 million family farmers - most of them in Africa, South America and Asia - who depend on cocoa.

Business Report - IBM, Mars and Washington are out to save world's chocolate supply