Boston - Scientists from both IBM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have kicked off the Chocolate Genome Project.
The project, which is expected to run for 5-years, is aimed to better understand the make-up of cocoa trees.
Many cocoa trees are beginning to disappear due to changes in the global climate, causing an increase in cost.
The hope is that the project can allow for the creation of cocoa trees which are more resistant to these major environmental conditions and changes.
Once completed, the project will release all of the data and make it available for free, without any patent.
It could be possible that genetically modified chocolate could come out of this as well.