Will there be no more chocolate soon? So don't panic now

Everyone is talking about climate change, but the climate targets are still not being met.

The cultivation of cocoa is significantly affected.

Update from September 22, 2020

: There is no doubt that

sooner or later

pose a threat to cocoa plants, which

grow

especially in countries such as the

or

(see explanation below).

However, many scientists doubt that we will have to do without chocolate * entirely from 2050 onwards.

For example, Ingrid Parker, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told Snopes magazine that the plant could

: “Cocoa has already grown in other countries like Australia.

The plant is not even originally from Africa, as it actually comes from the New World. "

The Institute for Innovative Genome Research at the University of California, Berkeley also issued a press release on the subject some time ago.

In it, the scientists confirm that the areas that are suitable for growing cocoa

.

As a result, cocoa plants are very likely not to die out completely.

Will there be no more chocolate soon?

News from November 11, 2018

: Perhaps another shock message is needed to rethink the climate: The cocoa plant is dying out and to blame are rising temperatures in the growing areas.

The impact is so massive that US scientists have

the

.

By then, the plant should have disappeared from the already rare growing areas.

Sensitive plant cannot withstand rise in temperature

The cocoa plant is very demanding and reacts sensitively to changing climatic conditions.

The changes make the

, according to the researchers' gloomy scenario.

In order to achieve constant values, the farmers would have to switch to

areas.

However, these cannot be used due to the

.

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Only two main export countries

Suitable cultivation areas are so rare because the demanding plant can only

grow

in a

.

More than half of the world's chocolate quantities therefore come from two countries:

.

If climate change is not stopped and the average annual temperature rises worldwide by two degrees or even more, it will be

in the large flat cultivation areas of West Africa

.

A way out of genetic engineering?

One solution would be

that can cope better with higher temperatures, less water and pests.

Optimized cereal plants are the model here.

Corresponding research is already available at the University of Berkeley.

However, these processes are viewed with suspicion by consumers.

So that you know what you are missing:

This manufacturer beats Milka, Lindt and Co. at Stiftung Warentest.

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