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Valentine’s Day a costlier affair as rising heat hits West Africa cocoa production
New research shows that hotter temperatures and erratic rainfall are pressuring cocoa production in West African countries that supply around 70% of the main ingredient for chocolate, quadrupling the price of cocoa over the past two years and making …