Chocolate faces more climate shocks as study highlights risk of extreme rainfall

A burlap sack, half in shadow and half in light, sits open, filled to the brim with cocoa beans.

As West African cocoa farmers feel the pain of drought, aging trees and competition for farmland, new research out of Harvard says extreme rain is an under-appreciated danger — often hammering flowering trees and younger pods.

As West African cocoa farmers feel the pain of drought, aging trees and competition for farmland, new research out of Harvard says extreme rain is an under-appreciated danger — often hammering flowering trees and younger pods.A burlap sack, half in shadow and half in light, sits open, filled to the brim with cocoa beans.

As West African cocoa farmers feel the pain of drought, aging trees and competition for farmland, new research out of Harvard says extreme rain is an under-appreciated danger — often hammering flowering trees and younger pods.

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