Chocolate and climate change

Updated: Wed, 7 Jun 2017

Extreme weather threatens Cameroon's hopes of becoming a cocoa giant

"The rains now come in any order," says one farmer. "I am almost giving up cocoa farming"

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  Climate-hit Central American coffee growers get a taste for cocoa

  For coffee producers at low altitudes, climate shifts have brought drought and disease, pushing them to plant cocoa By Nelson Renteria | Wed, 24 Aug 2016
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  "Mercedes" cocoa helps Ivorian farmers speed to better harvest

  Ivory Coast is on a drive to improve cocoa quality and yield as small farmers struggle with weather extremes By Busani Bafana | Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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  As climate change threatens coffee, a cocoa boom is born

  As climate change boosts temperaures, chocolate - and its farmers in Central America - may benefit By Reuters | Mon, 18 Jan 2016
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  Soggy weather takes a bite out of cocoa income in Cameroon

  Unusually wet weather means drying cocoa beans - and proving they are dry - is getting harder By Elias Ntungwe Ngalame | Tue, 2 Dec 2014