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Cocoa and chocolate supply

The cocoa bean trade and the chocolate made from it, covering the smallholder farms that grow the crop, the grinders and processors, and the confectionery brands that buy it.

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Rain during flowering outranks heat as the limit on cocoa yields

A study in PNAS puts the biggest constraint on cocoa yields on heavy rain while trees are flowering, and the researcher who led it says that makes the risk forecastable. The response it calls for is drainage work on smallholder farms.

Publishers:gizmodo.com

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