El Niño and Disease Threaten West Africa’s Cocoa Harvest Again
Simon Essah walks through his cocoa farm in southwest Ghana, pointing to trees scarred by black pod disease, the latest in a series of threats plaguing his crop this year.
By Mumbi Gitau, Ekow Dontoh, Baudelaire Mieu, Pius Lukong and Tolani Awere · Bloomberg Markets
Simon Essah walks through his cocoa farm in southwest Ghana, pointing to trees scarred by black pod disease, the latest in a series of threats plaguing his crop this year.