The Wider Image: Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa's cocoa crisis deepens
- Código: 26241600
- Data do Conteúdo: 28/03/2024
- Inclusão no Site: 29/03/2024 06:58:12
- Assunto: WESTAFRICA-COCOA
- Legenda: Long the world's undisputed cocoa powerhouses accounting for over 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both facing catastrophic harvests this season. More than 20 farmers, experts and industry insiders told Reuters that a perfect storm of rampant illegal gold mining, climate change, sector mismanagement, and rapidly spreading disease are to blame. In its most sobering assessment to date, according to data compiled since 2018 and obtained exclusively by Reuters, Ghana's cocoa marketing board Cocobod estimates that 590,000 hectares of plantations have been infected with swollen shoot, a virus that will ultimately kill them. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA COCOA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT ORG XMIT: HFS_PXP_36
- Serviço/Categoria: Reuters / Reuters Internacional
- Crédito: Reuters/Folhapress
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