Climate change is threatening cacao crops, researchers say
Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...
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Managing Complexities of Cocoa Growing with Technology
Dimitra is offering AI-driven apps and IoT-based sensors to cocoa farmers to track the conditions of the crop.
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From Ghana to B.C.: How climate change is making chocolate more expensive
A spike in global cacao prices made worse by climate change is putting pressure on B.C. chocolate companies and the farmers ...
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Climate change is scorching the cocoa belt — and you’re paying the price
Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate ...
Why your Valentine’s chocolate is getting more expensive
The extent of supply issues for a key ingredient means that prices are unlikely to return soon to the levels chocolate makers ...
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From Ghana to B.C.: How climate change is making chocolate more expensive
In addition to drought, the report found that over the past decade, climate change has raised temperatures above 32 C — the optimal temperature to grow cacao trees — for a total of six weeks ...
Valentine's Day chocolates and wines getting more expensive to make, thanks to climate change
Earth's warming climate is proving challenging for chocolate makers and wineries as Valentine's Day favorites become more ...
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Melting point: Climate change is making chocolate more expensive, say scientists
They found that climate change made the temperature too hot to grow cacao trees - the plant that makes cocoa beans - for three weeks a year. Researchers said that "excessive heat can contribute to ...