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From bean to bar: AI to derisk the cocoa crisis

Cocoa witnessed an unprecedented price storm in 2024 & 2025 due to severe global supply shortage driven by devastating weather conditions in West Africa. Cocoa thrives in hot, humid tropical regions. The pods of the tree contain seeds (beans), the primary raw material for chocolate.
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Major challenges

Cocoa is highly sensitive to climate change, which led to the recent price surge. Major diseases like Black Pod Disease, along with pests cause substantial crop losses annually. Despite the high value of the end product (chocolate), many smallholder cocoa farmers receive extremely low “farm-gate” prices for their beans and chronic poverty leads to underinvestment in farms.

COCOA major challenge

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Global presence

Cocoa beans are the indispensable ingredient for chocolate, a multi-billion dollar global industry. Cocoa underpins a vast and complex global value chain that extends from small farms to multinational chocolate manufacturers, traders, and retailers. This chain creates millions of jobs and significant economic activity.
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Ghana

Ghana

Nigeria

Nigeria

Togo

Togo

India

India

Philippines

Philippines

Vietnam

Vietnam

Georgia

Georgia

Switzerland

Switzerland

Mexico

Mexico

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Vanuatu

Vanuatu

Brazil

Brazil

Colombia

Colombia

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