Cocoa prices rose to record highs last year amid a global supply shortage. Chocolate makers have raised their retail prices to compensate.
Farmers in the region have struggled with heat, disease and unusual rainfall in recent years. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Climate change drove weeks of crop-withering temperatures last year in the west African countries that underpin the world's ...