Heavy rainfall threatens cocoa harvests across tropical regions - Dailynewsegypt

Heavy Rains, Not Just Drought, Are Sinking Cocoa Harvests and Chocolate

New research from Harvard and the University of Ghana shows that heavy wet-season rains, combined with dry-season drought, drive most year-to-year swings in cocoa harvests across the tropics—and that large-scale climate patterns could make these threats predictable months in advance.

Heavy rainfall threatens cocoa harvests across tropical regions - Dailynewsegypt

One of the biggest climate threats to cocoa may not be heat alone, or even drought, but heavy rainfall arriving at the wrong stage of the tree’s development, according to a new study published in PNAS. The study found that intense rainfall during the wet season is strongly linked to cocoa yield losses in major