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A chocolate virus strain in Africa?
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Comment by IslaReina on April 13, 2009 at 2:46pm -
Thanks for the clarification -- I had no idea!
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Comment by Clay Gordon on April 13, 2009 at 11:31am -
This is not news - it's irresponsible reporting.
Witches Broom has been a problem in Brazil for more than 20 years -at one point cacao production dropped to 15% of former levels. CSSV has been a problem in Western Africa for some time.
In fact, depending on which country you're talking about, annual cacao crop losses due to diseases and pest are 30-70%. This is not new news.
The referenced article (also on the Telegraph - in 2004) states, "The price of chocolate bars could soar if diseases that have devastated South America's cocoa crops are allowed to spread to other parts of the world, a scientist has warned."
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