This document contains summaries of multiple research projects related to cacao production, processing, and utilization in Region 02. The projects investigate topics like propagating cacao seedlings in different soil media, using various sizes of polybags, utilizing cacao pod husks as feed for broilers, benchmarking socioeconomic factors of cacao farmers, integrating nutrient management to increase yields, comparing monoculture and agroforestry production systems, determining spatial nutrient variability and yield correlations, enhancing pollinator habitats, conducting varietal trials, comparing growth in different agroecosystems, analyzing effects of fermentation and roasting on flavor, sensory evaluation of homemade chocolates with varying cacao nibs, and improving the nutritive value