High temperatures due to climate change put global cocoa cultivation at risk - Cocuyo Effect

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High temperatures due to climate change put global cocoa cultivation at risk - Cocuyo Effect

Anthropogenic climate change – that produced by human activity – is increasing annual temperatures in West Africa, where about 70% of the world's cocoa is produced, the main ingredient of chocolate, impacting on its quantity and quality.This is the result of the most recent analysis by the organization Climate Central in the four countries of the African continent that make up the “cocao belt”, where constant heat and humidity conditions are ide…