- Erratic weather and disease threaten West Africa’s cocoa harvests.
- Falling yields and rising costs squeeze farmers across the region.
ABUJA, NIGERIA — West Africa’s cocoa industry faces another difficult season as erratic weather, crop disease and rising costs threaten harvests and farmers’ livelihoods.
The pressure is mounting across Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria, raising concerns about supplies to global chocolate makers, rural incomes and export earnings for economies heavily dependent on the crop.
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