TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FRANCISCO JARA C

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FRANCISCO JARA Cacao beans on display at the greenhouse of the Tropical Agriculture Research and Education Center (CATIE) in Turrialba, about 40 km southeast of San Jose on February 16, 2010. In the late nineties, CATIE, with the support of the World Cocoa Foundation and the USDA-ARS initiated a regional breeding program. The focus of the program is on the selection and generation of high-yielding and disease resistant genotypes with emphasis on moniliasis (Moniliophthora roreri) and black pod (Phytophthora palmivora) diseases, two of the major biotic factors limiting cacao production in Central America and Mexico. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)