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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Who cares about the Middle East or repealing Obamacare...this is more important....

We may be running low on chocolate! NOOOOOOOOO

The world faces a chocolate ‘drought’ over the next few years, an expert warned yesterday.

Political unrest in the Ivory Coast, where 40 per cent of the world’s cocoa beans are grown, has ‘significantly’ depleted the number of certified fair trade cocoa farmers.

Many have fled the West ­African country, while fair trade training programmes have also come to a halt.

Fairtrade training programmes have ground to a halt because of the danger farmers face in rural areas.

The situation is already affecting chocolate manufacturers, who are facing the highest cocoa prices for over 30 years.

Prices jumped by 10 per cent this month alone. Analysts are predicting they could soon hit $3,720 per metric tonne - a level last seen in January 1979.

It follows a curb on international cocoa exports initiated earlier this week by the country's new president, Alassane Ouattara...

Yo Ouattara I don't care if it's fair or slave labor, I want my Hersey bar! WAAAAAAA

1 comment:

  1. If I can't get my chocolate Frapachino it's not gonna be good!

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