Cocoa production of Ivory Coast faces climate crisis, disease, and US tariffs
Jun 8, 2025 #IvoryCoast #AlJazeeraEnglish #DonaldTrump
The price of chocolate has been rising steadily.
Ivory Coast supplies more than 40
Jun 8, 2025 #IvoryCoast #AlJazeeraEnglish #DonaldTrump
The price of chocolate has been rising steadily.
Ivory Coast supplies more than 40 percent of the world’s cocoa, but two major factors are hitting the world’s top producer.
US trade tariffs are taking effect just as climate shocks and disease slash yields by up to 50 percent in some regions.
With cocoa prices already at record highs, the outlook for chocolate is turning bitter.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Agboville, southeastern Ivory Coast.
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