Reading University Agricultural Department has been undertaking research on cocoa since the 80’s, and has established itself as a leading research centre on cocoa. It cooperates with other international/national cocoa research institutes mainly in the cocoa growing countries. It also has trained many overseas Ph.D. students.

This year 16 members and their partners were treated to an informative “Behind the Scenes” guided tour of the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. This was a rare opportunity to see a very few of the 80 million preserved specimens held in special storage facilities in the museum.