Chocolate and climate change

Updated: Thu, 18 Oct 2018

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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  Is your chocolate bar fuelling deforestation in West Africa?

  Large area of forest reserves in Ivory Coast have been converted to illegal cocoa plantations to meet demand, campaign group says By Anna Pujol-Mazzini | Thu, 14 Sep 2017
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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